Supporting forward-looking companies rather than punishing “bad actors” brings money off the sidelines, says Jack Manley of J.P. Morgan Asset Management

Long-term attention to environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles is a natural antidote to dangerous short-term thinking in business, says a vice-president of J.P. Morgan Asset Management.

Jack Manley, a global market strategist with the company’s global market insights strategy team, says ESG offers a cure to “short-termism” — something senior business leaders around the globe have begun to be concerned about.