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Explaining ESG equity index fund performance

July 07, 2022

Jan-Carl Plagge, Ph.D.

Vanguard Head of ESG Research

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The figure displays the difference in returns between the industry-adjusted benchmark portfolio and the U.S. equity market (the “industry allocation effect”) and the difference in returns between the ESG market portfolio and the ESG market-portfolio-specific industry-adjusted benchmark (the “selection/interaction effect”). Per year, these differences taken together ranged from almost -4% to more than +4% for the period shown.
The figure displays the breakdown of the “indus¬try allocation effect” into its single-industry-specific elements. Per year, these differences taken together ranged from roughly -4% to about +3% for the period shown.
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