'Outperforming': Green economy market cap now matches fossil fuel industry

James Murray
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FTSE Russell report takes on green investment myths with mounting evidence sector is now growing, global, and outperforming the wider market

The growing body of work detailing how green investments tend to outperform the market has gotten a little larger with the release of a new report from FTSE Russell. The market analysts last week published...

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