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The Problems with Green Finance (w/ Adrienne Buller)

The Climate Pod

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Is Greenwash Really a Big Problem in E S G?

Most e s g, or even climate specifically themed funds the u k. M are just chalk full of big tech and financial firms with no criteria over whether those financial firms might be lending huge amounts to the fossil fuel industry. And clean energy and utilities companies are a tiny fraction by comparison. So when comes to sustainable finance and this kind of idea of doing well by doing good, you know, it's all fine and well to want to not invest in false fuel companies but lets not act like these funds are really materially changing the way that companies operate.

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