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The Conflict Within ESG
18 mins listen January 20, 2023
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.
Featuring
Mathew Lee
Senior Associate, MSCI Research
Namita Nair
Vice President, MSCI Research
Rumi Mahmood
Vice President, MSCI Sustainability Institute
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