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… Strauss, Program Director of the Yale Initiative on Sustainable Finance, joins Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy Research Assistant Laura Brush to discuss the Initiative's … innovation in sustainable finance. Diane describes the challenges companies face related to sustainability demands of investors, environment, social, and governance (ESG) considerations for businesses, and the concept of materiality. 2776 Thriving Food Systems and Nature Based …