I’ll tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution
Smile and grin at the change all around
Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
Then I’ll get on my knees and pray
We don’t get fooled again
– Song by The Who. “Won’t get fooled again” from the album Who’s Next 8/71
Caveat emptor (let the buyer beware)
A new indicator that ESG has matriculated into the mainstream investment universe is the seeming endless, perhaps counterintuitive, range of companies who suddenly proclaim they have now drunk the Kool-Aid and are now or soon to be, cleaner, fairer, and overall committed to being good citizens of the sustainable world – if not potentially our saviors.
But beware the ESG industrial complex. Is there a watchdog? And if so, why should we believe them?
This edition the Socially Inspired Investor Digest/Podcast attempts to touch on the very complicated and evolving subject of ESG ratings. Without the right data you, the investor, really are challenged to make informed decisions on which investment options most closely align with your values.
Will we ever get to the point where respected rating agencies give us a meaningful measure of how a company meets a generally accepted ESG standards? …
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