LGIM’s engagement on ESG transparency: a closer look at Asia

As a long-term investor with a universal owner approach, LGIM is an advocate for greater environmental, social, and governance (ESG) transparency. Given the growing consensus on the financial materiality of ESG factors, many investors like LGIM are increasingly seeking to integrate them within their investment processes. In order to understand risks and opportunities accurately, investors need access to relevant, comparable, consistent, and verifiable ESG data across markets regardless of size, geography or asset class. In other words, better transparency from companies on their ESG performance....