Are Active Managers who sign up to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI) following through on their ESG commitments? In Episode 5 of The ESG Factor Podcast, we talk to Professor Aaron Yoon from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in Chicago. Aaron shares with us the key findings from his latest research paper - "Analyzing Active Managers’ Commitment to ESG: Evidence from United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment"

We also chat about:

· Aaron’s previous experience as an equity sales trader, his time as a Korean augmentee in the 8th US Army and his move into academia,

· his pivotal research with colleagues at Harvard Business School on corporate sustainability, showing evidence of materiality,

· Chicago’s Milton Friedman and the corporate social responsibility of a business,

· supporting small business owners to maintain an ecosystem in the post-Covid recovery.

· the English football league as an example of an ecosystem on the brink. (He is unfortunately a Spurs fan)