BlackRock: How sustainability is evolving in passive portfolios

Sustainable index funds and ETFs were increasingly embraced by investors in 2020. BlackRock expects this trend to accelerate in 2021 due to current market dynamics and legislative and regulatory tailwinds. What are the benefits of investing in ESG indices? And can you compile sufficiently reliable sustainable indices with ESG data by now? Marije Groen talks about this with Muhammad Masood, Director of Sustainable Investing at BlackRock.

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