For many, the debate around “ethical” investing focuses on whether these funds perform better than their mainstream, “non-ethical” counterparts.

There are so many reasons for leaders to focus on the short term: slow growth, shareholder activism, political turmoil – to name just a few. Yet some CEOs still manage to train their sights on the long term and deliver strong performance over many years. Our 2016 list of top performers reveals who they are.

Barron’s first annual performance ranking of the most sustainable funds finds that investors don’t have to forgo profits by doing good.

Sustainalytics has opened an office in Tokyo in order to better serve its institutional investor clients in the rapidly evolving Japanese market.

Sustainable investing is generally depicted as a concept that is implemented through specialist mandates: that is, those which explicitly express a commitment to sustainability objectives. As a result, investors have developed a polarised view of investment strategies – sustainable versus mainstream.