Emerging markets and ESG: The challenge, the response and the opportunity

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The carbon-based model of industrialisation is coming to an end. Emerging market governments have the opportunity to become trailblazers for the next era, one where ESG will play a pivotal role. The scale of the task and its urgency has been accelerated by awareness of climate change and its potential to hit the poorest countries the hardest. Strategic Advisor David Dowsett argues that the stars are aligning for an upsurge in ESG-related investment in emerging markets.