Question
MSCI, a rating agency for this type of investment, mandates that companies follow the standards of the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this conscious approach to investing and running companies known by a three-letter acronym. Ratings in this approach punish high pollution but reward strong community involvement.
ANSWER: ESG [or Environmental, Social, and Governance]
[10h] Wirecard, a financial firm based in this country and listed on its DAX index, notoriously received very high ESG governance scores before the 2019 exposure of accounting fraud.
ANSWER: Germany [or Federal Republic of Germany or Deutschland]
[10e] This governor prohibited state pension funds from factoring in “social, political, or ideological interests” into investments. This governor of Florida has feuded with Disney over a bill nicknamed “Don’t Say Gay.”
ANSWER: Ron DeSantis [or Ronald Dion DeSantis]
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Summary
| 2023 PACE NSC | 06/10/2023 | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 0% | 100% |
Data
| Thomas Jefferson A | Barrington A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |