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> Maybe I'm misunderstanding something here, but once the shares are on the market, what impact does selling them have on the companies?

It affects the company's market cap, the wealth of the company's shareholders, & the employees/executives with stock options as part of their compensation plans. A significant drop will share price may even trigger the other shareholders to vote on changing the management in charge of defying the ESG mandate.




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