Once upon a time, many investors viewed ESG as being like an unwanted door-to-door salesperson. Ignore the noise and hope he or she goes away.
Those days are past. It is the regulators who are knocking on the door, and they want us to take environmental, social and governmental issues seriously when we invest. We will have to do what we are told. Global warming, policy response Scientists agree that the earth is warming fast. And modern civilisation has done it, largely by emitting 1,500 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere since 1850. Big tech is failing on ESG: Why corporates must do more to tackle social inequality and drive meaningful change Carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases tra...
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