{"id":144334,"date":"2024-12-17T11:24:01","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T09:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=144334"},"modified":"2024-12-17T11:24:04","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T09:24:04","slug":"financial-times-who-killed-the-esg-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=144334","title":{"rendered":"Financial Times: Who killed the ESG party?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"922\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hMW_pT7w-Y8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>ESG investing was until recently one of the hottest buzzwords in global finance. The party was in full swing, the marketing material was everywhere and the money was rolling in. But asset managers have become quieter about their environmental, social and governance credentials after poor performance, greenwashing scandals and a political backlash in the US. So who killed the ESG party?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LM2HM_iGLH0\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ESG investing was until recently one of the hottest buzzwords in global finance. The party was in full swing, the marketing material was everywhere and the money was rolling in. But asset managers have become quieter about their environmental, social and governance credentials after poor performance, greenwashing scandals and a political backlash in the US. 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