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P a g e | 27 Rapid growth of ESG (environmental, social, and governance) investment vehicles (Figure 9) are driving this sea-change among large, public firms. ESGs are on a run-rate to take-in the better part of a trillion dollars this year. 48 Figure 9 – Sustainable Investing United States 1995-2022 Source: US SIF Foundation Figure 10 – Leading ESG Criteria for Institutional Investors 2022 Source: US SIF Foundation 48 Bunged up: How green bottlenecks threaten the clean energy business, The Economist, June 2021.