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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.
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U.S. Regulator Sues Data Broker Over Sale of Consumer Location Information
August 30, 2022
Adtech group Kochava, a data broker that measures the effectiveness of mobile marketing, has been sued by the US Federal Trade Commission for selling location data from millions of mobile users that could be used to trace individuals’ movements.
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Concerns over Privacy after Two New Amazon Acquisitions
August 29, 2022
Amazon expands its Empire by acquiring One Medical and iRobot, leading to concerns about the companies growing capacity to surveil consumers.
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Alphabet Deploys $5.7 Billion from Largest-Ever Corporate Sustainability Bond
August 24, 2022
Alphabet’s published 2022 Sustainable Bond Impact Report highlighted that the company has completed the allocation of the proceeds of its 2020 $5.7 billion sustainability bond, which focused on green building and renewable energy.