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ESG Rules Stop Defence Investment, ‘Help China’ – Telegraph

Environmental, social and governance rules require investors to avoid defence stocks, discouraging big investors such as pension funds, while China and Russia have nationalised defence industries.


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A salesman stands in a pavilion for UK defence technology company Qinetic at the 2018 Farnborough International Airshow. File photo: Reuters.

 

A British industry group says restrictive rules are discouraging investment in the country’s defence sector, handing an advantage to potential adversaries such as China and Russia, The Daily Telegraph reported.

Kevin Craven, chief executive of ADS Group, said environmental, social and governance rules require investors to avoid such stocks, discouraging big investors such as pension funds. Meanwhile, China and Russia, he said, had nationalised military industries.

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George Russell

George Russell is a freelance writer and editor based in Hong Kong who has lived in Asia since 1996. His work has been published in the Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, New York Post, Variety, Forbes and the South China Morning Post.