Techopian newsletter, ESG special

Woke capitalism versus enlightened capitalism

They used to say, "it is political correctness gone mad.' Now they just call it woke; it means the same thing.  As for ESG, they call it woke capitalism.

Yet, woke literally means awake; in particular, it is interpreted as meaning; "awake to social injustice."

As ever, with new ideas, there will be false starts and wrong turnings, but is becoming more awake to social injustice also called progress?

These three pieces below look at ESG issues, whether you can be ethical and an oil company, whether the big hit on ESG funds at the end of last year is the start of a trend, and on the headline topic, woke capitalism versus enlightened capitalism.

Read on for more.

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