ING will begin offering the ESG Managers Portfolios to participants in some of its defined contribution retirement plans as part of an ongoing effort to provide customers with socially responsible investment options.

The ESG Manager Portfolios were launched in 2010 by Pax World Management, subadvised by Morningstar Associates. They're a series of non-proprietary, multi-manager risk-based asset allocation funds that integrate environmental, social and governance factors into their investment analysis and decision making.

ING is the first defined contribution provider to offer these funds to workplace retirement plan investors. Previously, the portfolios were only available through financial advisors. Initially, the portfolios will be available to plan sponsors and participants in ING's education, government, healthcare and not-for-profit market segments.

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