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Kimberlee Josephson: The Rise of ESG, Replacing Profits with Paternalism, and Strategy with Standards
September 07, 2022
Kimberlee Josephson writing for wallstreewindow.com explores how the economic system now has a movement for systematic change based on social impact and not on expectations for a favorable return given the risks involved, skyrocketing Environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing.
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Zachary Halaschak: Financial industry pushes back against liberal SEC rules
September 07, 2022
Zachary Halashak writing for bloomberg reports that the the Securities and Exchange Commission under the control of Chairman Gary Gensler is facing implications from the financial industry as it attemts to push an ambitious agenda of liberal goals, in particular environmental, social and governance (ESG) intitiatives.
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Lydia Beyoud: Conservatives Embrace ‘Anti-Woke’ Proxy Votes to Blunt ESG
September 07, 2022
Conservative groups have learned to use the proxy ballot to battle what they consider to be decisions that cater to the left, in particular changes concerning Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) policies that have swept through boardrooms over the last few years.
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Texas Leading Oil Regulator Joins the State’s Fight Against ESG
August 30, 2022
Texas’s leading oil and gas regulator has cheered on the recent actions of Texas’s State Comptroller’s to push against environmental, social and governance investing (ESG) funds like Blackrock, citing that ESG has a detrimental impact on oil and gas.
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2022 Proxy Season Review Reveals Effects of ESG of Proposal Activity
August 30, 2022
2022 Proxy Season Review evidences increased social and political shareholder proposal activity and bias against non-progressive ESG proposals.