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ESG Valuation Considerations – Top Down or Bottom Up?

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Intangible asset valuation concepts can and should be applied to unique ESG cash flows. This work can be used to reconcile and support an adjustment to the CAPM, then the WACC, via Alpha and Beta. Using Alpha, however, it could be done. Alpha is unsystematic risk, unique to the firm undergoing valuation.

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ESG A Valuation Framework

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Will ESG assets be recorded on balance sheets one day soon, just as intangible assets such as goodwill and intellectual property are recorded today? Using Alpha, however, it could be done. Alpha is unsystematic risk, unique to the firm undergoing valuation. But how do we support the adjustment to Alpha?