Evaluating the impact of ESG in private equity

While governments are galvanising activity to help tackle climate change, there are increasing concerns being raised around corporate greenwashing and the reliability of ESG-related data. As well as this in recent weeks we have seen the very public resignation of Stuart Kirk - HSBC's head of responsible investing - after he said he believed the financial impact of climate change had been "over-egged". ESG has also been the centre of controversy after Elon Musk's tweet in May described ESG as "a scam" that had "been weaponized by phony social justice warriors," when electronic-vehicle ...