ESG ratings helps buffer Latin American commodity producers

Despite short-term volatility, higher ratings shown to complement performance in a three-year period.

Freeport-McMoRan’s Cerro Verde copper mine in southwestern Peru is one of the largest copper reserves in the world.

(Michael Molinski is a senior economist at Trendline Economics. He’s worked for Fidelity, Charles Schwab and Wells Fargo, and previously as a foreign correspondent and editor for Bloomberg News and MarketWatch.) 

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