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LAOP 2022 · No. 08

Two ESG Investment Strategies That Can Reduce Costs to Society

Travis Box

From the recording

ESG investing is probably just a way to design a portfolio that's capable of responding to a changing world.

Travis Box

About this episode

Travis Box had been teaching investments for 14 years, and he came to explain what ESG funds actually do. Most ESG money simply avoids certain companies, and he showed why that barely moves a firm's cost of capital unless nearly every investor acts alike. He walked us through Germany's twin green and regular bonds, ESG ratings that disagree more than they agree, and greenwashing. His advice was to favor engagement, actually voting your shares, through tools now built for it.

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