Three Views on Impact Investing

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🗓️ 7 November 2017

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Hugh Lawson, head of Goldman Sachs Asset Management's Institutional Client Strategy and ESG and Impact investing efforts, is joined by Scott Brown, CEO of New Energy Capital, and Elizabeth McGeveran, Director of Impact Investing at the McKnight Foundation, to discuss how socially conscious investing has become mainstream and where it could be headed. This podcast was recorded on October 10, 2017. The views and opinions expressed herein should not be construed as an offer to buy or sell any securities and such views and opinions may differ from those of Goldman Sachs Global Investment Research or other departments or divisions of Goldman Sachs and its affiliates. This information may not be current and Goldman Sachs has no obligation to provide any updates or changes. Neither Goldman Sachs nor any of its affiliates makes any representation or warranty, as to the accuracy or completeness of the statements or any information contained in this podcast and any liability therefore (including in respect of direct, indirect or consequential loss or damage) is expressly disclaimed. Goldman Sachs is not providing any financial, economic, legal, accounting or tax advice in this podcast. In addition, the receipt of this podcast by any listener is not to be taken as constituting the giving of investment advice by any Goldman Sachs entity or individual to that listener, nor to constitute such person a client of any Goldman Sachs entity. No part of this podcast may, without GSAM's prior written consent, be reproduced, redistributed, published, copied or duplicated in any form, by any means. Copyright 2017 Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC. All rights reserved.

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0:00.0	This is Exchanges the Goldman Sachs. I'm Jake Seawert, global head of corporate communications here at the firm.
0:14.3	Today we'll be discussing ESG and impact investing and we're lucky to have three very thoughtful
0:19.4	practitioners with us. Hugh Lawson helps lead Goldman Sachs Asset Management's client business,
0:25.0	and oversees both institutional client strategy and the division's ESG efforts.
0:29.0	Scott Brown is the CEO and managing partner of New Energy Capital, and Elizabeth McGovern is the
0:35.2	program director for Impact Investing at the McKnight Foundation.
0:39.2	Thank you all for being here.
0:40.2	Thank you.
0:41.2	Thank you. Thank you.
0:42.2	Hugh, your job here at the firm includes oversight of our environmental, social, and governance
0:45.4	investing efforts in our asset management division, that's ESG for short, and also called
0:51.1	responsible or sustainable investing.
0:53.3	How is ESG investing different from quote-unquote traditional investing
0:57.5	and what kinds of asset classes are open to an investor
1:01.0	utilizing this ESG framework.
1:03.0	I'd frame it is really there are three approaches.
1:06.0	There's an approach that focuses on alignment.
1:09.0	That's where an investor asks,
1:11.0	is there a way to have greater degree of
1:14.0	synchronicity between their values and objectives and what's represented in
1:18.1	their portfolio. The second way is
1:21.7	integration. That's where a lens around
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