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Does Wall Street Finally Care About Sustainability?

Andrew Winston

Anyway, the debate rages on over whether Milton Friedman was right 40 years ago to tell companies to focus only on today's shareholders. In his annual letter to S&P 500 CEOs , Larry Fink, CEO of BlackRock, made a full-throated defense of both long-term value creation and corporate purpose. I think you know where I stand.