The dangers of relying on modelled ESG data from plug-and-play solutions

As regulators globally scramble to govern ESG activities and market participants struggle to make sense of how to comply with said governance, the biggest challenge they face is how do you ‘measure' ESG in the first place? Consider the popularity of reforestation projects. Did you hear about the one that has displaced several communities formerly based on the project land, removing their livelihoods in the process? Or the project that was abandoned once saplings were planted and funds released? Or the project that was successful, it turns out, not because of the large investments but ins...