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Oct 2022
21m 27s

Opportunities in Sustainable Investing

The Motley Fool
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More than 90% of S&P 500 companies publish sustainability reports. But what’s real and what’s just greenwashing?  Bruce Usher is a professor at Columbia Business School and the author of “Investing in the Era of Climate Change.” Maria Gallagher and Alyce Lomax talked with Usher about: - Opportunities in sustainable investing - Renewable energy technology. - ... Show More
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