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A Silver Lining with a Golden Future: ESG in 2020
February 1, 2021
ESG Global Advisors
ESG
Originally published Dec 2020
2020 was a year of unprecedented economic and social disruption. Against this backdrop, there has been transformative global momentum in the integration of ESG factors into investment decision-making, corporate disclosure, and government policy. This piece explores the ESG-related advancements that occurred in 2020 and the outlook for ESG in 2021.
A Silver Lining with a Golden Future: ESG in 2020
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