I remember, a couple of years ago, there were three to four ESG conferences in Europe and across the rest of the world'every month. Panels, experts, presentations, proclamations, commitments. VIP sessions, workshops, education modules. London, Paris. New York, Tokyo. Traditional investment strategies are primarily designed to maximize returns, often ignoring the external impacts of those decisions. To put it plainly: profits are privatized, while environmental and social costs are socialized. You end up paying these costs'through your taxes and through a declining quality of life. The consequences of climate change'droughts, storms, flooding, rising insurance premiums'these are costs you bear, not mainstream investors. Every single day, your investments, savings, and pension may be contributing to this damaging cycle. Around the clock. This happens because you may not be aware of it, don't have access to the necessary information, or find it hard to change how your money is managed....
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