See Japan in a different light: How investors get ESG in world's third-largest economy wrong

Give the country due credit for green efforts

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Greenwashing is a persistent and growing problem in the ESG landscape. However, many companies in Japan suffer from this issue in reverse and we believe their ESG ratings are often significantly worse than they deserve.

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