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Sustainable investing- How to do it

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In the transition to a sustainable economy, companies are increasingly adopting the goal of long-term value creation, which integrates financial, social and environmental value. Investors have an important stewardship role to steer companies to sustainable business practices that will achieve long-term value creation. Policy proposals from the European Union High Level Expert Group on Sustainable Finance, published in January 2018, promote a fiduciary duty to include sustainability in investment, company...

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  • Dirk Schoenmaker, 2018. "Sustainable investing- How to do it," Policy Contributions 28553, Bruegel.
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