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ESG Is Permissible but Not Required
The DOL's final rule lets plans use environmental, social and governance investments in their qualified default investment alternative, choose such investments to suit participants’ preferences, and take other such ESG-friendly steps.
Reported by Paul Mulholland
Art by Irene Servillo
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