Blockchain is the Panacea for ESG Data Woes

Any which way you slice it, there’s a ubiquitous theme driving financial investments and corporate strategies in 2021, and it is that of environmental, social and governance (ESG).

While ESG-centricity has been a gradually developing trend prioritized by global asset management firms, an open letter penned and published in January by Larry Fink, the world’s largest asset manager and CEO of BlackRock, poured immense fuel on the fire. His missive called on firms to align with efforts to achieve…