<p><span>Over two centuries ago, Honoré-Gabriel Riqueti, Count of Mirabeau, wrote that </span><span>‘If honesty did not exist, we ought to invent it, as the best means of getting rich.’</span><span> Updating this for the 21</span><span>st</span><span> century, today we might remark that </span><span>‘if ESG didn’t exist, we’d invent it, as the best means of attracting investment’.</span></p>