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Primack: BlackRock Reponds to ESG critics with Ten Page Letter
September 09, 2022
BlackRock has defended their focus on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing by responded to a recent letter from 18 attorneys general challenging the investment giant’s prioritizing of ESG investment, in particular their goal of moving toward a net-zero economy.
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Former AG Barr Warns ESG can Affect National Policy
September 09, 2022
Former Attorney General Bill Barr warns that prioritizing environmental, social, and governance (ESG) policies can have serious repercussions, including how prioritizing ESG can affect not just business but national policy as well, overstepping the democratic process.
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Heritage Foundation Announces Initiative Opposing ESG Policies
September 09, 2022
The Heritage Foundation has unveiled their new website, « ESG Hurts », an initiative that will oppose environmental, social and government (ESG) policies pushed by 'woke' Corporations that Heritage believes is doing harm to consumers and busineses by prioritizing social justice and the green agenda.
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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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