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Intel's website lists endless ESG goals like "environmental, health, wellness, and safety programs to care for people and the planet." It even brags about "green software," whatever that is.
The backlash over ESG has arrived in a number of forums: op-eds, Elon Musk tweets, scrutiny from state politicians, and an anti-ESG fund from Strive Capital backed by PayPal co-founder and ...
The main reasons institutional investors are integrating ESG, the survey found, are good old shareholder primacy and free market capitalism: Either their clients ask for it (28%), or it's a matter ...
The evidence toward a relationship between consideration for ESG issues and financial performance is becoming greater and the combination of fiduciary duty and a wide recognition of the necessity of the sustainability of investments in the long term has meant that environmental social and corporate governance concerns are now becoming ...
Government-controlled funds such as pension funds are often very large players in the investment field, and are being pressured by the citizenry and by activist groups to adopt investment policies which encourage ethical corporate behavior, respect the rights of workers, consider environmental concerns, and avoid violations of human rights.
Only a third of U.S. adults are familiar with environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investment criteria while ESG funds reach all-time highs, according to a new Yahoo Finance-Harris Poll survey.
Fragmentation within the executive branch is duplicated in Congress and within the states. Congress exercises a major role through legislative and oversight hearings. It also influences policy by publishing studies and reports. Individual members typically take announce positions and some make the environment one of their specialties.
Interest in ESG investing has waxed and waned in years past, Beschloss explained. At universities and foundations, “you would have people on the scientific side who were talking about climate ...