Socially responsible investing through the equity funds in the global ownership network.

We analyze the connectivity of equity investments to the firms in the global ownership network that are reported as non-compliant with Environment, Social, and Government (ESG) benchmarks. We find that a large number of shareholders have ownership linkages to non-ESG firms, most commonly with three...

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Main Authors: Takayuki Mizuno, Shohei Doi, Takahiro Tsuchiya, Shuhei Kurizaki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256160