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ESG – The Opportunities And The Risks
15 November 2019
Jones Day
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ESG—Environmental, Social, and Governance—investing
is attracting the attention of pension funds, hedge funds,
sell-side analysts, large money managers, lenders and banks, and
political interest groups and activists, all of whom can exercise
their shareholder rights to push changes through corporations.
Jones Day's Linda Hesse and David Woodcock talk about how
ESG is received in corporate boardrooms, and what the opportunities
and risks are for companies engaged in ESG initiatives.
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