Study: ESG rollbacks risk 'disconnect' between employers and workers

Stuart Stone
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More than half of UK workers quizzed by specialist recruitment firm Robert Half claim organisations should be doing more on ESG issues

Decisions to dilute climate goals or roll back in-house environmental, social, and governance (ESG) efforts risk creating a "disconnect" between workers and employers, new research published today has...

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