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• The Other Side of ESG Investing

  Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors play a critical role in investment analysis, actions, and recommendations. Globally, investors are looking at different methods such as positive or negative screening, green finance, thematic investing, shareholder engagement, and activist ownership to include ESG factors. Sustainable investing is the new buzzword for successful investing. However, various private ESG data providers use inconsistent scoring approaches or inappropriate constraints and assumptions. Lack of standardization and transparency makes it tough for investors and analysts to determine the effectiveness of ESG scoring. Additionally, companies having a low environmental score, owing to uncertain emissions reduction targets, but a high social and governance score may not be considered ESG compliant by a few market participants. This lack of uniformity has given rise to issues such as greenhushing and greenwashing.

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