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ESG Valuation Considerations – Top Down or Bottom Up?

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The challenge is that it is difficult to value things that are not clearly defined and measured, with some sort of consensus. 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.

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ESG A Valuation Framework

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How do you justify making substantial investments and fundamental changes to corporate structures and culture without empirical evidence that it will make a direct impact on shareholder value, total shareholder return, net present value, and individual rates of return? . Do ESG programs impact firm value?