The changing face of ESG: Why sustainable investing will survive Trump's second term

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Political posturing aside, it remains unlikely that efforts to embed operational, regulatory, and legal infrastructure to spur sustainable investments will be reversed, writes ION Asset Management's Steven Strange

The debate around the term ‘ESG' has once again been a dominant topic in the media following President Trump's announcement that he will withdraw the US from the Paris Agreement. Trump has made his feelings...

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