Ethics, impact and data

Consultant and index provider Wilshire is ramping up its work on environmental, social and governance principles, says CEO Mark Makepeace.

by Silvia Pavoni

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Sustainable finance has offered many an application for the term ‘what gets measured gets done’. Or rather, if you can’t measure it in a way that is meaningful and consistent, you’ll struggle to get much done.

I talked about the challenges around environmental, social and governance (ESG) data with Wilshire CEO Mark Makepeace. Based in California, consultant and index provider Wilshire advises on more than $1.3tn in assets and manages $97bn in assets. In 2021, it partnered with the Financial Times to develop indices with a focus on ESG. Mr Makepeace is adamant about the need for a variety of views on sustainable assets, despite the existing, often-conflicting, analyses of ESG data.

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Silvia Pavoni

Silvia Pavoni is editor in chief of The Banker. Silvia also serves as an advisory board member for the Women of the Future Programme and for the European Risk Management Council, and is part of the London council of non-profit WILL, Women in Leadership in Latin America. In 2019, she was awarded an honorary fellowship by City University of London.