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The Conflict Within ESG

2023/1/20
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What if there is a water utility that saves a city millions of gallons worth of water a day, but also increases its carbon emissions by a large amount? What if a company makes a product that saves people, but it allegedly uses forced labor to do so? Do you avoid these companies and products? Are you a follower of the Ethics of Ambiguity in that the means of production is the same as the ends? In this episode, we discuss the conflicts that arise for investors, impact investors especially, due to the inherent conflicts that are present in the operations of some companies.

Host: Mike Disabato; MSCI ESG Research

Guests: Mathew Lee, Namita Nair, and Rumi Mahmood; MSCI ESG Research