Study: Green business leaders worry ESG backlash fears risk weakening ambition

Stuart Stone
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EXCLUSIVE: More than half of CSOs at 50 multinational firms quizzed by pollster Ipsos believe colleagues are diluting green pledges amid fears of stoking negative political or shareholder pushback

More than half of sustainability executives quizzed in a survey believe many of their colleagues may be weakening their ESG ambitions and commitments amid fears that such initiatives risk stoking a political...

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