Short-Seller Carson Block Is Betting Against Sunrun Again

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By Katherine Burton and Erik Schatzker

October 25, 2023 at 4:56 PM UTC

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Short-seller Carson Block said he’s shorting Sunrun Inc. again, part of a short theme he calls the “ESG hustle.”

“When we first started shorting companies that were deemed to be ESG, we didn’t have this theme in mind that ESG is the space for grifters,” Block said Wednesday, referring to environmental, social and governance investing.