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Opinion

World's largest pension fund should create safe space for ESG dissent

Environmental, social objectives politicize investment and depress returns

Stephen Givens
| Japan
A signboard of Government Pension Investment Fund outside the entrance of the entity in Tokyo: GPIF's official pronouncements on ESG have been toned down. (Photo by Takuya Ikeda)

Stephen Givens is a corporate lawyer based in Tokyo.

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