Market Views: Should investors ditch or engage fossil fuel entities?

The landscape of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing continues to evolve as climate change accelerates and societal demands for responsible stewardship intensify. With net-zero targets in sight, asset managers are often forced to contend with a pressing dilemma: cleanse their portfolios of fossil fuel heavy companies or leverage their status as investors to campaign for change from within? Typically, divestment supporters argue that withdrawing capital from ind…