Green investing 'is definitely not going to work’, says ex-BlackRock executive

Tariq Fancy once oversaw the start of the biggest effort to turn Wall Street green' - but now believes the climate crisis can never be solved by today's free markets

From his desk in midtown Manhattan Tariq Fancy once oversaw the beginning of arguably the biggest, most ambitious, effort ever to turn Wall Street green". Now, as environmentally friendly investing grows at an exponential rate, Fancy has come to a stark conclusion: This is definitely not going to work."

As the former chief investment officer for sustainable investing at BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, Fancy was charged with embedding environmental, social and governance (ESG) corporate policies across the investment giant's portfolio.