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Is green financing here to stay or is it a PR fad on ESG - Insight from WSJ and Economist news.

The news WSJ  Green is in the black. Investors are putting an eye-popping $3 billion a day into green funds. Driven by rising valuations for electric-vehicle companies and adjacent start-ups, banks and investors now believe that they can make money backing green investments. Assets in investment funds focused partly on the environment have more than tripled over the past three years, reaching almost $2 trillion globally in the first quarter.  https://www.wsj.com/articles/green-finance-goes-mainstream-lining-up-trillions-behind-global-energy-transition-11621656039?st=l369yh44pzf9yl8&reflink=article_email_share&cid=other-eml-onp-mip-mck&hlkid=b67774aa732349a58d989fe7e3c9d03a&hctky=9431270&hdpid=4fdab845-9904-4476-b0e7-14337e26f163 Economist  Is it all just spin? There are some who view the green-finance gold rush with skepticism, viewing the recent embrace of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) funds as a PR ploy. But ESG-minded leaders argue t...