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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. 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. Using Alpha, however, it could be done. million to $271.5

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ESG A Valuation Framework

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As companies continue to legitimately integrate ESG into business strategy, the ability to achieve “alpha,” which is an excess return or performance above a codified index or peer group, might become more difficult to do. For example, in a recent valuation we completed, the mean unlevered Beta of a group of 10 comps was 0.58.