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ESG Valuation Considerations – Top Down or Bottom Up?

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This work can be used to reconcile and support an adjustment to the CAPM, then the WACC, via Alpha and Beta. In 2018, the number was about $5 billion. ESG in Equity Analysis and Credit Analysis” was published in 2018 by the PRI, the Principles of Responsible Investment arm of the UN, and the CFA Institute.

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ESG A Valuation Framework

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In 2018, the number was about $5 billion. “The Sam Gafford and Derya Eryilmaz published the results of this project and study, and their outstanding work, in The Electricity Journ al, back in in 2018. Adjustments to Beta can accomplish this. The re-levered Beta for the private company we were valuing was 0.56.