BlackRock CEO Larry Fink appeared to be backpedaling on his support for the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) movement, saying he would no longer use the term. This was at the Aspen Ideas Festival on June 25. We speak to Epoch Times reporter and producer of “The Shadow State” Kevin Stocklin about what this means…
BlackRock CEO Appears to Be Backpedaling on ESG
Conservative Boycotts Have Exposed How ESG Extortion Works: James Lindsay
Businesses and governments are pushing an agenda around woke culture through environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG). But anti-woke boycotts targeting Bud Light and Target have exposed how this ESG extortion racket works. We speak to James Lindsay, host of New Discourses and one of the leading experts on critical theory, on the deeper agenda…
All the People Say: Power to the Consumers
Commentary Brendan Whitworth, CEO of Anheuser-Busch, has finally granted an interview on the Bud Light controversy. He managed to get through the interview without saying anything meaningful beyond the usual corporate cliches. What remarkable talent it requires to be subjected to a 9-minute interview and say nothing about the only reason for the interview: the…
How Do We Stop ESG and DEI From Destroying Capitalism?
Commentary In America, if environmental, social, and governance (ESG) and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) mandates are accepted in their current form, capitalism will most likely be destroyed. The widespread acceptance of ESG and DEI by American business giants is as concerning as it is eye-rolling. Large corporations routinely play games to attract stock buyers’…
ANALYSIS: Supreme Court Affirmative Action Case Could Undermine Corporate Racial Agenda
As Harvard and the University of North Carolina (UNC) await a landmark Supreme Court decision, expected this week, on their racial admissions policies, companies are also watching nervously, fearing that the decision could expose their race-based hiring and training programs to civil rights lawsuits. According to a Harvard Business Review 2022 survey, more than 60…
BlackRock CEO Says He’ll No Longer Use ‘ESG’ Term
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink, one of the most powerful figures on Wall Street and an outspoken champion of progressive causes, appeared to be backpedaling this week on his support for the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) movement, saying he would no longer use the term. “I’m not going to use the word ESG because it’s…
IN-DEPTH: BlackRock CEO Says He’ll No Longer Use ‘ESG’ Term
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink, one of the most powerful figures on Wall Street and an outspoken champion of progressive causes, appeared to be backpedaling this week on his support for the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) movement, saying he would no longer use the term. “I’m not going to use the word ESG because it’s…
Companies Should Focus on Their Products, Not Preach ESG to the Public
Commentary During the last couple of years, an increasing number of companies have subscribed to the environmental, social and governance (ESG) framework, promising to adhere to, and promote, the goals of corporate social responsibility and sustainable business strategies. These ESG-oriented companies embrace non-financial accountability indicators to assess the implementation of systems and processes that manage…
New Republican Working Group Interim Report Takes Aim at ESG
The Republican Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Working Group released its interim report (pdf) highlighting several of the GOP’s policy priorities that conservative lawmakers say will “benefit all Americans, not just those seeking to push their far-left agenda.” Working Group members say that President Joe Biden and his administration have strategically circumvented the paucity of congressional…
EPRINC Report Shows That IEA Net Zero Roadmap Is a Green Mirage
News Analysis Two years ago, efforts by climate activists and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) investors to block investment in oil and gas production by Western companies appeared to have received a seal of approval from no less an authority than the International Energy Agency (IEA), when it published “Net Zero by 2050: A Roadmap for…
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