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title: Sustainable Investment Linking Alpha, ESG, and SDGs
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/4467718/
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identifier: SSRN 4467718
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featured: 2023-06-07
citations: unknown
topic: Other
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# Sustainable Investment Linking Alpha, ESG, and SDGs

ESG investing can generate positive alpha and measure a company's SDG footprint.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4467718
- Identifier: SSRN 4467718
- Released: 2020-06-11
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 3 (2023-06-07): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2023-06-07/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): not tracked
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Other

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