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Environmental, social and governance standards are at the heart of investment strategies of sovereign wealth funds in the UAE as they look to deploy tens of billions of dollars at home, across the broader Middle East and North Africa region and elsewhere in the world.
“Like all investors, we are convinced that sustainability is extremely important, which is becoming even more important in the future,” Jean-Paul Villain, the director of Adia s strategy and planning department said on Wednesday.
“When we look at ESG … to spell out that G [governance], is something which portfolio managers have always done … it is something which is part of our activities and our approach,” he told an online panel during the Abu Dhabi Sustainable Finance Forum.