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15 - Finance and Environmental and Social Governance

from Part IV - Finance and the Transition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 December 2023

Jay S. Golden
Jay S. Golden
Affiliation:
Syracuse University, New York
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Summary

As investors and shareholders drive public companies to address climate change, there is a political movement driven by conservative state treasurers pushing back on the concepts of ESG using the premise that ESG will adversely impact their investment returns.

Keywords

ESGBlackRockSECS&P 500Rick Perrystate treasurersMorgan Stanleyimpact fundsintegration funds
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Dynamic Sustainability
Implications for Policy, Markets and National Security
 , pp. 221 - 235
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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