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Societe Generale studied the impact on companies following an ESG high controversy event, finding that stocks typically underperformed by 12% over the following two years.

Societe Generale looked at the impact of "high ESG controversy" events on stock performance, and found that two thirds of the time shares underperformed the broader market by an average of 12% over the subsequent 2 years.

The firm identified 12 companies that have recently experienced "high ESG controversy events," including Wells Fargo, Chevron, Vale, Boston Scientific and Boeing.grows, Societe Generale quantified the potentially large consequences for companies that don't follow suit. The firm defined a "controversy" as "when a company's activity has unintended and/or undesired negative environmental and/or social effects on stakeholders, with corresponding reputational risk," adding that it's the "extreme ESG downside risk, with at times a massively negative impact on company share prices."The firm based its analysis on 80 past ESG controversies, dating back to 2005 and spanning regions and sectors.

The firm noted that a stock's drop can contribute significantly to the performance of its regional sector, which is why the underperformance relative to the global benchmark was more extreme.Global Sustainable Investment Alliance

 

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