Holly Honglin Li

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Holly Honglin Li is an independent sustainable finance specialist. Her roles include U.S. Managing Director at Polymer Wealth Management, a private firm headquartered in Hong Kong; member of the Secretariat team for IFC-facilitated Sustainable Banking and Finance Network; Guest speaker at John Hopkins University, and Board Member at Women Impact Investing Network.

Holly Honglin Li

Feb 08 2022

ESG Investment in 2022 = Risk Management + Opportunity Realization

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Sustainable Investment · Environmental Sustainability

So, what does that mean? What’s “ESG investment” or “sustainable investing”? ESG stands for “environmental, social, and corporate governance”. Initially, ESG was considered mainly a risk management issue. But recently, investors and businesses start to recognize its potential to create opportunities and strengthen returns. Essentially, there are two sides to this concept –improved ESG risk management and increased capital flows to activities with positive climate and ESG impacts.