Al Gore’s Struggles With ESG Show Messiness of Green Investing

Few have done more than Al Gore to galvanize public opinion on climate change. The former US vice president’s documentary An Inconvenient Truth won an Oscar. He shared the Nobel Peace Prize for work on climate change. And he’s trained tens of thousands of activists to raise awareness about the threat of a warming planet. Addressing the plutocrats gathered in Davos, Switzerland, last year, Gore thundered with the fervor of a Baptist preacher: “Who cares if our children and grandchildren curse us and ask, ‘What in God’s name were you thinking? You had the ability to stop this hell on ...