Ethics in Business: In Their Own Words, with GPIF's Hiro Mizuno

May 13, 2019

Hiro Mizuno, executive managing director and CIO of Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF), speaks about the role of ethics in managing one of the largest pension funds in the world. He discusses the advantages of long-term thinking in finance; how technology is changing how the fund operates; and how GPIF promotes "ESG" investing, integrating environmental, social, and governance factors into its decision-making.

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