Survey data from West Monroe argues that broad-based, cookie-cutter data collection risks is creating blind spots for acquirers. Instead of focusing on company-specific ways to drive down environmental impact and costs, that kind of one size fits all screen is only likely to turn up large liabilities. And it’s prevalent: two-thirds of respondents use a consistent ESG approach across their portfolios, compared to 21 percent with a specific policy for a section of the portfolio, and 12 percent focused on ESG metrics on a fund-by-fund basis.

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