Man! (or whatever)... I don't know enough about the topic to have an opinion, but that was interesting reading. I'm intrigued by this idea of a democratisation of ESG standards. How would that work do you think? What would it take for something like that to even work? Seems like a problem a consensus algorithm and distributed network could solve, but I don't know—my understanding has limits.
Two layers of consensus...? One to decide what's "good" and what's "bad" and another to determine to what degree specific organisations comply with or deviate from the ideal ESG score.
You've reminded me of this podcast from last year with a segment on BlackRock's Aladdin system and ESG scores at the start. Was worth a re-listen for me, but your mileage may vary: