Category: The Economist

Anti-ESG Arguments Sway Some at Environmental Conference

June 1, 2023
Business & Marketsclimateeconomic policiesESGMarketsPolicies & ImpactsPoliticsThe EconomistUSUS News
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The general consensus at The Economist’s “Sustainability Week” meeting in Washington wasn’t hard to miss: environmental problems pose an existential threat that the market and the government can partner to thwart. That perspective, which can be heard in elite technocratic circles from New York City to Brussels, came across strongly in one early question from…

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ESG Advocates Say Anti-ESG Movement Creating ‘Concerns and Challenges’

May 30, 2023
Business & MarketsChip RoyCompaniesDemocratseconomyEnvironmentESGInvestmentJohn PodestaMedia & Big TechPoliticsScienceSocial IssuesThe EconomistUnited NationsUSUS NewsWorld Economic Forum
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It’s counterstrike time: the Republican-led movement against environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) investing came under fire at a major environmental conference on May 30. “I don’t think there’s any chance that the anti-ESG movement will win,” said Witold Henisz, a vice dean and faculty director of the ESG Initiative at the University of Pennsylvania’s…

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