While it is well known that ESG scores tend to have a size bias which favors the larger companies among the universe of large capitalization stocks – does this bias exist in the small cap space? Published in The Journal of Impact and ESG Investing, our small cap value ESG equity team examines this topic and how investors can create better performing, size-neutral small cap portfolios in “How Company Size Bias in ESG Scores Impacts the Small Cap Investor.”
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