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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. Will ESG assets be recorded on balance sheets one day soon, just as intangible assets such as goodwill and intellectual property are recorded today? Intangible assets lack physical substance but are not financial assets.

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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? There are also methods to use Beta to assess a private company, if the Guideline Public Companies selected for the analysis, the “comps,” are chose properly.