A potent cocktail of cheap money and sanctimony fuelled a boom in environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing, during which asset managers and bankers pitched themselves as environmental saviours.

受廉价资金和道貌岸然的强大合力影响，环境、社会和公司治理(ESG)投资走向了繁荣，在此期间，资产管理公司和银行家将自己标榜为环境救世主。