
The Long and Shorting of ESG
Sustainability Now
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Introduction
Shorting is a bet at the price of a company's share, or indeed an entire range of financial instruments. It can be used to speculate when you're rarly trying to benefit from a fall in price. Some investors have turned gutsy short positions into very big returns by shorting companies like valiant pharmasuticles leman brothers enrun wire card,. Or even a whole currency like the british pound. Investors also use shorting as a way of hedging their existing investment risks. How do we understand e s g investing? We'll try and talk about the nuturing world of e s g investments.
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