{"id":1989543,"date":"2023-08-03T10:51:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T14:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/companies-with-high-esg-scores-pollute-as-much-as-those-with-low-ratings\/"},"modified":"2023-08-03T10:53:11","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T14:53:11","slug":"companies-with-high-esg-scores-pollute-as-much-as-those-with-low-ratings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/companies-with-high-esg-scores-pollute-as-much-as-those-with-low-ratings\/","title":{"rendered":"High ESG-rated companies pollute as much as low-rated ones."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcompanies-with-high-esg-scores-pollute-as-much-as-those-with-low-ratings%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1989543&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Businesses with High ESG Ratings Found to be\u200b Polluting Just as Much as Low-Rated Ones<\/h2>\n<p>Exciting new research\u2062 reveals that businesses that\u2063 boast high environmental, social, and governance (ESG) ratings are actually polluting just as much as\u2064 their low-rated counterparts. \u200bThis groundbreaking\u2064 study was conducted by Scientific Beta, a\u200c leading \u200cESG\/climate index\u200d platform provider, and the findings were recently published \u2064by the esteemed Financial Times.<\/p>\n<h3>Study Methodology<\/h3>\n<p>Scientific Beta&#8217;s study involved\u2063 a \u2063meticulous analysis of 25 ESG scores obtained from three prominent rating agencies. By examining these\u200d ratings, the researchers were able to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-claims-latest-russian-offensive-in-ukraine-has-backfired\/\" title=\"White House says Russia's recent attack in Ukraine has failed.\">gain valuable insights<\/a> into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-slams-biden-environmental-executive-orders\/\" title=\"GOP slams Biden environmental executive orders\">environmental impact<\/a> of businesses across various sectors.<\/p>\n<h3>Surprising Results<\/h3>\n<p>Contrary to popular belief, the\u2064 study found that high ESG-rated businesses were not necessarily more environmentally friendly\u200d than those\u2062 with low ratings. In fact, both categories were found to be equally responsible for \u2063pollution.<\/p>\n<h3>Implications \u2064for ESG Policies<\/h3>\n<p>These <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/companies-with-high-esg-scores-pollute-as-much-as-those-with-low-ratings\/\" title=\"High ESG-rated companies pollute as much as low-rated ones.\">findings raise important questions<\/a> about the effectiveness of current ESG policies. While businesses with high ESG ratings may appear socially responsible on the surface, their actual \u2064environmental impact tells a different story.\u2063 This highlights the need for more\u2062 comprehensive and stringent regulations to ensure that ESG ratings truly reflect a company&#8217;s commitment to \u2062sustainability.<\/p>\n<h3>Conclusion<\/h3>\n<p>As the \u2064debate around ESG\u200d policies \u2062continues, it is crucial to critically\u200b evaluate the true impact \u200cof these ratings. This research serves as a wake-up \u2063call, reminding \u2063us that businesses cannot be solely judged \u200bbased on their ESG scores. Only by \u2064delving deeper into their actual environmental practices can \u200bwe accurately\u2062 assess \u200btheir\u200b commitment\u200c to a greener future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>new research, businesses with high ESG ratings were found to be polluting at the same level as those with low ratings. The study, conducted by Scientific Beta and published by the Financial Times, highlights the need for greater scrutiny of ESG policies and their impact on the environment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69,"featured_media":1989544,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1989543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1989543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/69"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1989543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1989543\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1989544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1989543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1989543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1989543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}