ESG due diligence is increasingly common in corporate acquisitions

Despite a slowdown in the global economic environment for acquisitions, 70% of leading investors have placed a strong emphasis on ESG due diligence prior to acquisitions and mergers over the past year and a half, reveals an international survey by KPMG International. More than 600 business decision makers were interviewed and 70% of respondents reported an increase in the importance of ESG due diligence, while five out of four executives now explicitly take these aspects into consideration when making acquisition decisions.

This article is available for reading in Trade magazin 2024/10

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