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Bloomberg: ESG investors at crossroads after investing in Putin's Russia
March 09, 2022
Sustainable funds labeled ESG (Environment, Social, Governance interests), a movement that promotes itself as changing the world for the good, are finding themselves at crossroads holding Russia Bonds, as well as shares of companies like state-run Gazprom, ultimately helping invest in Putin’s government.
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Apple Investors Defy Company and Vote for Civil-Rights Audits
March 08, 2022
During Apple’s annual shareholder meeting, shareholders approved outside proposals recommending audits of the company’s civil-rights impact and a public report on its use of concealment clauses in employment agreements.
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Frederick: Tech Totalitarianism Threatens America
February 25, 2022
Former counterterrorism analyst for the Department of Defense, Kara Frederick, writing in The Federalist, warns of Big Tech increasing their control over Americans private lives including undermining First Amendment freedoms in silencing speech, suggesting that if this control continues to grow, America will soon find itself in a similar situation as Canada or China.
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Bloomberg Law: Who Regulates the ESG Ratings Industry?
February 23, 2022
Emanuel’s Kurt Wolfe examines the fact that questions are increasingly arising as to who rates the products and services as environmental, social, and governance (ESG) expands.
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Villegas: What One Private Equity Investor Calls ‘Greenwashing,’? Another Calls ESG
February 23, 2022
Institutionalinvestor.com reviews PitchBook analyst Anikka Villegas note discussing the idea of « greenwashing » in business since the integration of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) and three sustainable investing philosophies held by investors, explaining how each philosophy can result in a drastically different-looking portfolio.
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