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Environmental, Social and Governance – three words that we now hear all the time when analysing and discussing investment. And three words that need to be an integral part of the due diligence for every investment decision. If you want to attract substantial investment into your business then you now need to make sure that your “ESG” story, policy and monitoring is solid and coherent.  

There was a time when “ethical” investment was its own niche. Those who aspired to be ethical, or had deluded themselves into believing that their ethics were central to their business practice, charged into ethical investing. “Ethical investment” was plastered all over investment products and people who thought ethical investment reflected their beliefs, morals and personalities bought into products that were not really intelligent, profitable or ethical! That seems a very long time ago. 

The next stages in the development of investment with …