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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. Do ESG programs impact firm value? Adjustments to Beta can accomplish this. These are fair questions.

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ESG A Valuation Framework

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Do ESG programs impact firm value? Will ESG assets be recorded on balance sheets one day soon, just as intangible assets such as goodwill and intellectual property are recorded today? Adjustments to Beta can accomplish this. The re-levered Beta for the private company we were valuing was 0.56.