Investment in companies which attempt to follow environmental, social, and governance (ESG) standards are likely to be in focus, even as markets swing wildly amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic. An analysis of an index which tracks the performance of such companies versus the broader market shows wide outperformance.
The MSCI India ESG Leaders Gross Total Return USD Index has done better than the MSCI India Index over one-month, three-month, and six-month periods as well as over longer time periods. The difference in returns has ranged between 0.5 per cent and 6 per …
