
The Covid-19 global pandemic is a humanitarian crisis first and foremost. Corporate purpose and environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues dominated headlines in the months leading up to the Covid-19 outbreak. The intense public scrutiny of corporate conduct, governance and investment behaviours during the pandemic has served to accelerate the conversation around ESG issues. To help make sense of this new paradigm, we have set out some of the ways in which Covid-19 is impacting the key ESG considerations confronting businesses, asset managers, asset owners and lenders.