In a press release published on PR Newswire on December 14, 2016 John Hancock announced “the addition of two new funds focused on integrating environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues with fundamental security analysis: John Hancock ESG Core Bond Fund and John Hancock ESG International Equity Fund, managed by Breckinridge Capital Advisors and Boston Common Asset Management, respectively.”
According to the press release, ESG investing has grown over the past 20 years “from a niche market consisting of 55 funds that mostly excluded polluting corporations to more than 900 funds today representing a diversity of approaches.”
You may read the press release on the PR Newswire internet site.