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Private Equity Firms Are Paving the Way to a More Sustainable Future 

Richard Matthews

.” Interest in sustainability-focused investing is growing while those who fail to meet high standards are vulnerable to value erosion from regulatory and consumer forces. Fossil fuels are at high risk of becoming stranded assets and PEs have a significant stake in the energy sector. Moving Beyond Financial Value.

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Defining Sustainable Economic Systems – Development vs Growth

Richard Matthews

Sustainable capitalism resists short-term thinking and endeavors to maximize long-term economic value creation. The white economy has also been used to describe the digital economy, this definition is attributed to Professor Douglas McWilliams, a British economist who wrote a 2015 book by the same name.