ESG Integration: Risks, Rewards, and Financial Market Reforms

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Issue		SHS Web Conf. Volume 225, 2025 2025 3^rd International Conference on Financial Management and the Digital Economy (ICFMDE 2025)


Article Number		03026
Number of page(s)		12
Section		ESG, Green Finance & Sustainable Value Creation
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/202522503026
Published online		13 November 2025

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