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ESG, Shorthand, and Shortcuts

Brown Advisory

An unassuming shorthand (from 20 years ago) A 2004 report published by the United Nations is often given credit for popularizing “ESG” as a shorthand for the myriad issues in environmental, social, and governance categories. Here is an attempt to invoke fundamental investing basics to clarify exactly what we aspire to deliver for our clients.

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Transcript: Ilana Weinstein

The Big Picture

And we’ve talked about whether we go deeper on existing strategies, we build new businesses, we find somebody who can help him more as almost a co-CIO with risk management, with the investment process. We love, but at the end of the day, They have a fiduciary duty to their LPs to hire the best person.