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Why is ESG used most in retirement plans? It’s not performance

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Institutional investors use environmental, social and governance factors to align with stakeholders, according to a report by Callan

Institutional investors' use of ESG criteria has nearly doubled since 2013 — though less than a third that use it say performance is one of their reasons.

Instead, environmental, social and governance factors are incorporated most often because of stakeholder concerns (60%) or to align with an

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