Great to see a pragmatic vision of ESG (vs. an imposed fallacious poetic idea). Thnx Prof. Damodaran!
@luisvillar83202 жыл бұрын
I started seeing this term ESG and got curious, saw a few youtube Videos and this thing began to sound good to me, and then the KZfaq algorithm had the wisdom to send me to this video and set me straight! Thank you Professor Damodaran.
@chandrasekhar-B Жыл бұрын
Same here. Don't know how KZfaq does it but it almost sensed what I was thinking. Scary but good.
@satalk67966 ай бұрын
I was listening to an interview video of someone from Blackrock talking about ESG from the perspective of operation at Stanford business school. There are elements in ESG that are hard to quantify, since it covers a wide range of measures. However, it is a good thing that people put those non-quantifiable but important elements into consideration. Not very key thing can be defined clearly in theory. Can you quantify love? or responsibility for different industries or companies? For example, everyone has different idea about what a social responsibility is? How can you theorize that? I myself am an entrepreneur in the higher education realm, and it is part of my job to deal with academics. When I saw the title of this video, I knew that it must be an academic who would think this way. It is easier for them to talk than to solve problems. They have little sense of what it is like to be on the spot and make things happen, but they do care very much about how to theorise things on paper, not knowing that a reference does not have to be absolute or definable to help make a decision. It is highly likely that academics have very blur sense of what decision making is, because they do not have to make many decisions.
@deepzs3271 Жыл бұрын
Such a wonderful interaction. Would like to hear more from Mr. Damodaran.
@Daswars777 Жыл бұрын
These are powerful words, backed by knowledge and facts. He clearly showed the absurdity and destruction coming from ESG. Well done! We need a lot more!!!
@Gaz123602 жыл бұрын
I rather enjoyed this; it was like a breath of fresh air. Well done. An inspiring fellow.
@Martin-qm2lg2 жыл бұрын
Someone we’ll worth listening to for a very different perspective, critical analysis that has a lot of ring of truth.
@jakedovey1586 Жыл бұрын
Thank god. Someone speaking some real sense. Fantastic.
@terenceosullivan78462 жыл бұрын
He’s on the money when calling out this ESG b/s.
@prasadmonty98842 жыл бұрын
That's thug life damodaran😎
@Daswars777 Жыл бұрын
It’s simply the truth.
@robertbarth5816 Жыл бұрын
This is the beginning of the change
@shakilrizvi810310 ай бұрын
Aswath Damodaran Best professor, in knowledge and in conscience!. I He is truly unique from Bangladesh, Dhaka
@jimhenley49382 жыл бұрын
Nailed it on ESG
@roxanainga57772 жыл бұрын
Great teacher! I like honesty, very refreshing
@ashishparikh51752 жыл бұрын
He is truly unique. Best professor I have ever had.
@haroldcruz85502 жыл бұрын
He simply says things for what they truly are and he's right. ESG is nothing but smokes and mirrors.
@user-ph5tv8nt9y4 ай бұрын
Thank you very much. Amazing in clarity and pertinence. It completely changed my look on the matter.
@zalifahaa4007 Жыл бұрын
I learnt so much from this talk, so many concepts I coul never fathom before are now clear, can't thank you enough!
@outdoorcat51072 жыл бұрын
KPMG looks to be a sponsor of PFI but the host doubled down on Aswath’s mockery of the Big 4 😆
@anandjoshi12442 жыл бұрын
Genius. No wonder he is a legend
@AlessandroOrlandi832 жыл бұрын
I really agree on this.
@alburj12 жыл бұрын
Wonderful insights. Damodaran says it well n walks the walk
@william53 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for your good thoughts.
@lionelwuckert76546 ай бұрын
Embracing green finance is about envisioning and investing in a sustainable future. Its a noble path.
@FuKungGrip Жыл бұрын
"I'm not going to talk badly about people"; proceeds to talk badly about people. ;) Enjoyed the dialogue, though. And he's right, ESG is a cancer.
@kerrinnaude27772 жыл бұрын
In fairness, lockdowns and shuttering small businesses had a lot to do with billionaires getting richer.
@nataliebadie Жыл бұрын
Amazing thoughts.
@francisdelacruz64392 жыл бұрын
Definitely he doesn't inhabit the Wall Street world or ethos. Bravo....
@caneburner007 Жыл бұрын
Honest truth bombs, so refreshing.
@renuraveendran1403 Жыл бұрын
In India, there is a sudden surge of practitioners who have an understanding of ESG. I now have to take this exam just to get a hike or get into another job. Title like this feels dissapointing.
@brandonkoolhaas7367 Жыл бұрын
5:34 public companies constantly raise funds in the debt market
@doer-knower7 ай бұрын
He means equity capital being raised
@ravigopinath21132 жыл бұрын
Mr Interviewer , please do not interrupt your guests... You are not engaged in investigative journalism
@robertbarth5816 Жыл бұрын
The problem is we've seen how they lie and how bad they are and no one holds then accountable.
@simonboland Жыл бұрын
What a breath of fresh air. I'm sick of tired of the crap from KPMG and other places selling their ESG wares. What a load of bullshit.
@alialreyami586511 ай бұрын
what is ESG??
@helengrives15467 ай бұрын
So brutally honest. Outsourcing your responsibility. Yes, you cn see it that way.
@mandarrai279918 күн бұрын
But it seems the investment in tencent was a bad investment from today's perspective.
@rurikmckaiser5437 ай бұрын
I love this content!
@mikeharrison36182 жыл бұрын
ALEX EPSTEIN 's "Fossil Future" on sale now June,2022
@kerrinnaude27777 күн бұрын
9:18 they actually don't do a really good job of telling companies what to say. As a brand strategist who has worked on many financial services over many years, I can tell you with certainty that you would be better off creating fresh idiosyncratic brands that increased specific brand equity, and with it pricing power and margins, than you would be subscribing to some globally defined "brand" that is not differentiated from your competitors in the slightest.
@jimbojimbo68732 жыл бұрын
ESG is utter bs
@carefulconsumer8682 Жыл бұрын
It's a scam.👍💯
@Sammich48397 ай бұрын
Professor Damodaran for president
@sadanandsahasrabuddhe19462 жыл бұрын
Aswath is a Buddha ...
@wilrockq1065 Жыл бұрын
This poor sap interviewer. He’s got an expert there and yet he can’t resist interrupting him. He wants to be the expert
@richardn5263 Жыл бұрын
Truth!
@rickwilliams9001 Жыл бұрын
What a cool dude!😅
@ericwalker8382 Жыл бұрын
That's kind of absurd to invest in companies based on peoples skin color and genitalia in positions of leadership.
@stevendefehr4393 Жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
@firstluvyah74202 жыл бұрын
Amen, keep it professional! Good approach! SHOW YOUR FRUIT!!! IS IT GOOD? OR is IT ROTTEN TO THE CORE EVIL? ESG=EVIL!
@Youtuber-xs9cp Жыл бұрын
Your are right. Companies and Organizations work as organism. Just as young girls work to improve their image. Companies use ESG to improve image. So it more like make . So if you sell tomatos and your ESG is too then you must have alot of rotten tomatos under the surface. It is a false metrics
@nickames38082 жыл бұрын
WELL!!! Don't Beat Around The Bush, Aswath! LOL He's 110% Correct
@chrisherne6454 Жыл бұрын
Oversold and overhyped is one thing, but for me, it represents market manipulation 101 and no self-respecting stock exchange should look kindly at it. A group of investors acting in concert whether that's deliberate or not, to influence the market using parameters that are other than the financial interest of those investors, and often run against it. All of this is not to mention the absurd notion that the human beings who establish ESG scoring use something other more akin to the reading of entrails that to actual science to get those scores. From a market perspective, I don't believe that anyone has done a risk or impact analysis of such a programme, which on performance so far seems to have produced results that don't do what it says on the box. On principle, the implementation of social policy is the exclusive domain of the democratically elected government in whatever country you happen to be and it is pure hubris for any organisation, whether a private one like Blackrock, or a huge international organ like the UN, to usurp this function. This will not end well, and it will definitely not produce anything like the results they are claiming it will; more likely it will do the opposite.
@phantomcreamer7 ай бұрын
Based Aswath
@kzmOP Жыл бұрын
Jai hind...sir many American companies in india has been compromised n selling this ESG guidelines among employees...pla suggest how to deal with it
@brandoncliffswarts510014 күн бұрын
Professor doesn't understand ESG. The guy incorrectly believe ESG is about money and profits. ESG is about sustainability. Doing business in a sustainable way. Yes, fossil fuels will be with us for a long time, but while we use fossil fuels, we need to invest in exploring other forms of energy.
@robertbarth5816 Жыл бұрын
See it's people like this guy that is the problem, hen he thinks that there's no consequences irresponsible investing. He doesn't see the consequences, he just sees the numbers in his face and doesn't see the future. He thinks investing is the holy Grail of life.
@debi5292 Жыл бұрын
What consequences? Your opinion is not fact. For instance, Global warming. Over half of people think itis bullshit. So do I. Your world view is yours. Realize you might be wrong. ESG is all about control of an economy, nothing else. It is political and pure bullshit.
@akshaykoul87382 ай бұрын
Spot on. His hypothesis grossly underestimates the growing sensitisation effect which should gradually start questioning the resource heavy consumption. It's easy to say show me where it has impacted, it's like saying show me a 2 month old baby that can talk.
@Climate_justice Жыл бұрын
ESG explained in Hindi : kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rrCnmqpeuLW3qH0.html
@juangonzalez43762 жыл бұрын
Esg isn’t all that complicated it’s about lower returns vs NO RETURNs
@Youtuber-xs9cp Жыл бұрын
Backlash against woke colture would view ESG as the main culprit. Companies with high ESG are more viewed as more likely to be as source of social problems.
@bertiballermann58122 жыл бұрын
A Finance Institute asking why companies profit in times of crisis and there is not a single word about how everyone could participate in the financial results of these winners by simply buying stocks of these companies.
@UHaulTV Жыл бұрын
*NTD* sent me hurr
@avigarach6100 Жыл бұрын
As much as I respect Damodaran (I am a disciple of his), he is not considering the value of ESG risk mitigation in the multitude of situations outside of the public markets. While it is true that for public companies ESG value creation is highly abstract and difficult to actualize, ESG risk mitigation in the private middle market, for example, has legitimate evidence of value creation for investors, privately held companies, employees, etc etc. Stakeholder-centric value creation continues to be proven and driven on the ground in the private market. And for investors, evidence of ESG integration materially affects your ability to raise capital. Over 95% of private equity GPs cite LP demand as the primary driver of ESG integration into the investment lifecycle. If the LPs want it, you won’t get your capital without it. Just saying!!!!
@markbrowne181 Жыл бұрын
Your promoting WEF rhetoric. Answer this, by what right and whose authority do the have to create these measures businesses have to meet the score to get investment. Its bullshit and a form of social engineering. Well the last institution in the World who should be social engineering is Corporations. They exist to make their shareholders money. That's it. They have no social conscience . Wake up
@americangirl8970 Жыл бұрын
And what happens when the company fails with a great ESG and is shown to be based on lies and then one after another they are forced to back it up or expose the scam.. They're all based on gamesmanship and lies. It's basically a ponzi type scheme.
@kiranrad Жыл бұрын
Ssh... Don't spoil the "anti-woke" bandwagon here with logic 😅
@zenlei8258 Жыл бұрын
Are you selling snake oil? SVB bankruptcy is the solid proof ESG is not what it is suppose to be. It is total 100% failure due to too much compliance with ESG.
@jan2000nl5 ай бұрын
What is the point of ESG? Raise capital, while dressed up as caring for the environment? If so, well done.