Are Investors Adequately Pricing The Risk Of Plastics?

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : Together, policymakers, investors, shareholders and corporates have the opportunity to advocate for and instil regulation that champions this.
50% : Under the pressure to forego fossil fuels for renewable energy sources, leading oil companies have placed their bets on petrochemicals to generate oil demand and profits, delaying progress on incentives to reduce plastic pollution.
43% : This suggests that perceived risks are steadily decreasing and were found to be lower than in other sectors, including metals and mining.
40% : The initiative aims to reduce impacts on human health and on the environment from the manufacturing of hazardous chemicals and to reduce the financial risks to investors from litigation, regulation and threats against the licence to operate.
38% : "The Treaty would likely trigger a landslide of regulation and change for governments," says Planet Tracker's Bofilou.

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