ESG integration strategy with a multivariate normal distribution
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https://doi.org/10.5902/1983465985183Mots-clés :
ESG integration, ESG portfolio optimizationRésumé
Purpose: The paper aims to present a new framework for ESG integration strategies in portfolio optimization problems. The optimization in the new structure focuses on the portfolio level, and the procedure is not focused on utility functions or on preliminary weights applied to the asset level. It applies the resampling technique, and all the portfolios are optimal portfolios in the mean-variance space. It uses a filtering process where only optimal portfolios with lower ESG risks are considered. Therefore, this technique works only with optimized portfolios, avoids concentration bias, and considers estimation errors in the expected returns and in the covariance matrix.
Design/methodology/approach: The sample mean returns and covariance matrices generated by a multivariate normal distribution are applied in mean-variance optimization to generate several portfolios in the efficient frontiers. An ESG filtering process is used to select portfolios with lower ESG risks from a sample of 42 companies listed on the Brazilian stock exchange with returns from the period of 2018/01/01 to 2024/04/22.
Findings: Integration strategy costs may be lower than the best-in-class strategy costs and may be similar to the costs of a negative screening strategy.
Social implications: The paper presents a framework that considers social, environmental, and governance factors in the portfolio optimization process.
Originality: The main contribution of this paper is to present a new framework that combines resampling of returns’ mean and covariance based on a multivariate normal distribution with an ESG portfolio filtering process.
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