‘We’ve seen significant shifts’: How LatAm is waking up to ESG’s investment potential

The pandemic has pushed public and private sector leaders to focus on ESG concerns and improve governance to attract investment.

Latin America has been one of the areas hardest hit by the pandemic. Dense population centers, extreme wealth inequality and inconsistent access to basic services including healthcare allowed Covid-19 to spread rapidly. The slow availability of vaccines in the region has also meant that Latin America is lagging other economies in terms of recovery from the pandemic.