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Roundtable: Understanding context to make sense of ESG data
Padmesh Shukla (Head of investments, Transport for London Pension Fund)
Patrick O’Hara (Director of responsible investment and engagement, LGPS Central)
Cliodhna Murphy (Executive director – product development, MUFG Investor Services)
Joe Bello (Head of UK asset management sales, BlackRock)
Mark Guirey (Executive director – asset owner client coverage, MSCI)
Funds Europe – In 2020, more than 50% of inflows into European funds were invested in ESG-related funds despite initial fears that Covid-19 would slow the pace of sustainable investing. What are your expectations for ESG inflows over the next 18-24 months?
Patrick O’Hara, LGPS Central – I think we need to be careful when reviewing statistics around the inflow into ESG mandates. As we know, there’s a general lack of consensus about what an ESG mandate is and there is a wide variety of approaches to ESG integration. At this point in time, those sorts