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Mark Dampier: Why we must challenge ESG orthodoxy

Caving to populist pressures can actually make us worse ESG investors, not better

We all want to be greener, but have our actions been self-defeating?
We all want to be greener, but have our actions been self-defeating? Photo: William Edwards/Getty Images

Mark Dampier is the former research director of Hargreaves Lansdown and author of Effective Investing.

So poor Stuart Kirk lost his job at HSBC for being pragmatic about climate change. It seems everywhere big companies are scared stiff not to fit completely into prevailing views on just about anything.

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