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Why Beijing should make NSSF its ESG champion

If the state pension fund is empowered to push for better ESG standards by local companies, it could help turbo-fuel China's apparent ambitions as an environmentally conscious nation.
Why Beijing should make NSSF its ESG champion
China already sees the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) as its potential pensions saviour. But with enough imagination it could also be used to turbo-fuel its apparent ambitions as an environmentally conscious nation. The world's largest carbon-emitting economy only has to look northeast across the East China Sea to see how the NSSF could potentially play a leading ESG role for its country, much like Japan's  Government Pension Investment Fund – and maybe more so.   The role…
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