ESG: Origins & Definitions

THE LEAD|April 14, 2022

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Last week we took our eight-year daughter to the library to stock up on books from her reading list. (The Today’s ESG river had many tributaries. From Mosaic law in 1500 BC and the Koran, to 18th century England, to the 20th century’s socially responsible investing, or SRI, all have joined doing business with doing good…

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