Not too long ago, ESG investment was considered just one more type of investment. Nowadays, the Covid 19 pandemic has obliged us to re-examine the way our financial resources are distributed. To add further paradigms to this unprecedented time, it seems that sustainability is becoming the “new normal”. Because it is now that this issue has become more pressing than ever.

And we also have proof. Polluted cities have enjoyed blue skies during the tougher lockdown months. The murky waters of the Venice canals are now clean. We are even going back to working from our own homes. The pandemic has confirmed in practice the positive impact that reducing carbon emissions can have on the world.

Being responsible and becoming an investor seeking a return on one’s investments are not necessarily incompatible. ESG considerations were consolidated among investors during the financial crisis, but we are now seeing investors more involved in this than ever before. We cannot yet assert that this is due to the pandemic; however, the numbers do not lie.