Yes, Investing in ESG Pays Off

Photo credit: aluxum / Getty Images. Article by Paul Polman and Andrew Winston. Harvard Business Review – April 13, 2022.

Summary. Why are leaders so reluctant to make ESG investments? Even those who know they’ll pay off are reluctant to do so, for five key reasons. The authors outline each — the numbers hide the truth about the real cost, our biases trick us, we focus on short-term benefits, we think about costs in silos, and we miss the bigger existential costs — and propose a solution for getting past these flawed mental models. […]

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