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Re:Companies with good ESG scores pollute as much as low-rat... by btilly on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @10:36PM (#36980715)
I think that those credits are called "flowers".

I'm only halfway joking. A lot of people do try to address their guilt over bad behavior by doing nice things. And a lot of people who receive those nice things don't want to think about why they are being treated well. The easiest person to scam is the one who wants to believe the scam. And any kind of credit program will attract people who want to believe.

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Re:Companies with good ESG scores pollute as much as low-rat... by seattle_spring on Thursday August 03, 2023 @01:15AM (#36981668)
Yikes, I sure hope my wife doesn't suspect foul play every time I do something nice for her.
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Re:Companies with good ESG scores pollute as much as low-rat... by totetsu on Thursday August 03, 2023 @01:53AM (#36981914)
Some times they are called "cricket tournaments". Its not about addressing guilt, its about manufacturing social license to operate and the the bad things.

https://oilnow.gy/featured/exxonmobil-guyana-has-invested-ne...

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Re:Companies with good ESG scores pollute as much as low-rat... by clarionbell on Thursday August 03, 2023 @03:01AM (#36982326)
I've seen a comedy show about that. Husband buys flowers "just because" and the wife starts crying uncontrollably, convinced he's cheating on her. Because there is no way he's just nice.

The kicker is he literally just wanted to be nice to her. While the other men in the family were trying to convince him that it's a bad idea.

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Re:Companies with good ESG scores pollute as much as low-rat... by lobocinza on Thursday August 03, 2023 @06:50PM (#36993158)
The secret is to always be nice she will never suspect.
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