Anti-ESG backlash in US is overstated, JPMorgan executive says


Chuka Umunna, JPMorgan’s global head of sustainable solutions. — Reuters

LONDON: The impact of a political backlash against environmental, social and governance (ESG)-related issues in the United States is overstated and having little bearing on the country’s burgeoning green economy, a JPMorgan executive says.

While some companies and investors were saying less about sustainability, they were still moving money in a similar way to peers in Europe, Chuka Umunna, JPMorgan’s global head of sustainable solutions, told the Reuters Energy Transition conference in London.

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