Tag: ESG

Tucker Carlson Saga: Inside BlackRock’s $1.5 BILLION Investment in Fox News | Facts Matter

Last week, after we published an episode going through how Fox News lost money, lost ratings, and lost paying subscribers (all because they fired Tucker Carlson), a lot of people left comments below that video, urging us to look into the role that BlackRock played in the whole affair. An article from Forbes magazine suggested…


IN-DEPTH: States Fight ESG Industry, Despite Costs and Long Odds

As conservative states push back against the progressive agenda of Wall Street banks and asset managers, some analysts are warning that “anti-ESG” states will pay a price for taking on Wall Street and the ESG industry. North Carolina State Treasurer Dale Folwell has enacted several measures, including calling on Larry Fink, CEO of BlackRock, the…


Standardizing ESG Reporting Is ‘Impractical,’ But Canada’s Public Pensions Want It: Think Tank

Companies face pressure to adhere to standardized frameworks for environmental, social, and governance (ESG) reporting, similar to those for financial reporting to stakeholders. But the subjective nature of ESG reporting makes it “impractical” and “extremely costly” for companies to do in a standardized way when compared to the more objective financial reporting, say experts at…


Earth Day 2023: Utterly Bereft of Ideas

Commentary Earth Day fell on April 22—Lenin’s birthday, appropriately enough—so let us first recall the blessed memory of the official theme for Earth Day 2022: “Invest In Our PlanetTM.” “This is the moment to change it all — the business climate, the political climate, and how we take action on climate. It’s going to take all…


The Growing Consumer Revolt Against Woke Ideology

Commentary It’s likely true: no executives at Anheuser-Busch knew what the Bud Light marketing people were planning when they decided to deploy an absurdist and deeply offensive transgender TikTok influencer to sell their beer. But soon after it happened, public disgust became rather obvious. The crisis began but for weeks, the company was in denial….


Earth Day: Scientist Shares Inconvenient Facts

On Earth Day, I spoke with geologist and author Gregory Wrightstone of the CO2 Coalition. The group provides science and research that counter the indoctrination in the American education system. Wrightstone disputes the left’s climate alarmist philosophy by discussing global warming, natural disasters, the attempt to ban gas stoves, and more. In addition, he explains…


ANALYSIS: What You’re Not Being Told About the Electric Vehicle Revolution

While the Biden administration cannot force you to buy an electric car, it can, by capping tailpipe emissions and other coercive measures, compel producers to severely curtail the manufacturing of internal combustion engine (ICE) cars and drive up the cost of gasoline-powered cars. This will likely result in a fundamental restructuring of America’s automotive industry,…


Companies Go Woke, Consumers Fight Back With Their Wallets

As corporate culture goes woke, conservative Americans have punched back. Thanks to organizations like Consumers Research, which examines the actions of corporations and alerts customers if companies go woke, consumers can support businesses that respect and share their values. For example, Bud Light has recently experienced a loss in sales due to its transgender collaboration….


ANALYSIS: From Bud Light to Disney, How Left-Wing Causes Are Infiltrating Corporate Advertising

Anheuser-Busch’s controversial sponsorship of trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney in an advertising campaign for its beer brand Bud Light is just the most recent example of corporations championing progressive causes—and then having to backpedal when they discover that the message proves divisive. In an attempt to quell a backlash among Bud Light drinkers, Anheuser-Busch CEO Brendan…


The Electric Car Is the Trojan Horse of Global Communism

Commentary Elon Musk is no communist, but he may end up having contributed more to its global success than anyone since Karl Marx. By making the Tesla the status symbol of our times, and now apparently about to offer an affordable version for the common man and woman, he has helped clear the way for…