Date of Publication: october 13, 2020

Author: CNBC Internatinoal

Summary:

Shares of global investors applying the ESG criteria increased from 48% in 2017 to 75% in 2019. The Amazon company has been seen as ESG friendly before despite having a carbon footprint of over 50 million metric tonnes in 2019. ESG investing can be difficult to assess as one index may rate a company as ESG compliant while another index may say that the company does not comply with ESG standards. Companies may withhold data points and information in order for their results to appear more ESG compliant than they actually are.

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