ESG goes mainstream - now a key ingredient in mergers and acquisitions

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In this Rational Radio interview, top lawyer Rudolph du Plessis explains how the previously marginal measure of a company's Environmental, Societal and Governance impact has gone mainstream. The partner in leading global law firm Herbert Smith Freehills says that buyers (and sellers) are taking ESG into account not just in price determination - but even when deciding to do the transaction at all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
27 Jan 2020 9AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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