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Green investors get ready for a change in the investment climate

The election of Donald Trump poses a challenge to ESG investment – but many managers still feel the trend will be in their favour

Green investors get ready for a change in the investment climate
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Fund managers who think about green issues have enjoyed a warming climate over the past five years. They're getting prepared, however, for a potential chill.

President-elect Donald Trump has tweeted that the "concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make US manufacturing non-competitive". And during his election campaign Trump said he would cancel the US's commitment made at the 2016 climate change summit - although the latest indications are he might relax this pledge - as well as pull back on its Clean Power Plan, instigated by Barack Obama.

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