Pressure mounts on 'out of touch' asset managers over fossil fuel investments

Greta Thunberg controversy

Elliot Gulliver-Needham
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Public pressure on asset managers to divest from fossil fuels has slowly boiled over, leading some to warn that investors risk losing their "social licence to operate" over ESG policies.

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