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ESG Valuation Considerations – Top Down or Bottom Up?

Value Scope

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

Value Scope

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? . These are fair questions.