ESG – Inspiration, Aspiration or Perspiration? 16 July 2022
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It’s fashionable to talk about ESG investing. Will it make a difference to your money and your life?
The Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) initiative evolved out of the United Nations Sustainable Goals (SDG) that are supposed to be implemented by 2030. The ESG approach is a fundamental shift out of corporate “shareholder value” maxim that dominated the free market mindset to deliver profits without explicitly considering a firm’s responsibility to society or the planet.
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