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Sustainable investing: beliefs, constraints, and the limits of impact

Financing a Sustainable Future··19 July 2026·39 min

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Tom Gosling speaks with Professor Dirk Jenter about what investors really believe about sustainability, how the constraints they face shape decisions, and why most aren’t willing to trade returns for impact. A candid look at the limits of sustainable investing today. Read Professor Dirk Jenter's paper 'Sustainable Investing in Practice: Objectives, Constraints, and Limits to Impact', co-authored with Alex Edmans and Tom Gosling. (https://www.fmg.ac.uk/isf/publications/discussion-papers/sustainable-investing-practice-objectives-constraints-and-limits)Host: Tom Gosling (https://www.fmg.ac.uk/people/tom-gosling)Contributor: Professor Dirk Jenter (https://www.fmg.ac.uk/people/dirk-jenter)To learn more about the Initiative in Sustainable Finance (ISF), visit ISF's website (⁠https://www.fmg.ac.uk/isf⁠) .