2021 will be a year of ‘S’

US investors will have an “enormous focus” on the treatment of workers in the coming year as well as diversity and inclusion, according to Neuberger Berman’s chief executive and chairman. George Walker predicts the “S” will dominate investors’ ESG concerns, amid “a large focus, particularly post-pandemic, on labor; how were workers treated during this period, what firms are letting people go while increasing CEO compensation and the like.” Read more here.

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