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- Texas schools fund pulls $8.5B from BlackRock over ESG investing https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/sustainable-finance-reporting/texas-schools-fund-pulls-85-billion-blackrock-over-esg-policies-2024-03-19/ 43 comments
- Kentucky passes a law banning ESG investing, touting it as "the strongest anti-ESG legislation in the nation." https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/hb236/bill.pdf 6 comments environment
- Anti-ESG Investing Effort Pivots to New Republican-Backed Bill https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/anti-esg-investing-effort-pivots-to-new-republican-backed-bill 4 comments politics
- An Antitrust Paradox: The Conservative Reaction to ESG Investing https://unravelingeconomics.substack.com/p/an-antitrust-paradox-the-conservative-04c 2 comments economy
- ESG Investing Rule Rejected by Senate, Biden Promises Veto https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/esg-investing-rule-rejected-by-senate-biden-promises-veto?context=search&index=0 4 comments politics
- Republicans seek records on SEC’s climate proposal as part of push against ESG investing plans https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/22/republicans-seek-records-on-sec-climate-disclosure-proposal-.html 9 comments politics
- Senate GOP One Vote Shy of Blocking ESG 401(k) Investing Rule https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/senate-gop-one-vote-shy-of-blocking-esg-401k-investing-rule 6 comments politics
- Is ESG investment done to advance social agenda (and environmental preservation) or simply to ensure best profit of stakeholders? DeSantis and BlackRock seem to have different opinions. https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2022/12/01/florida-desantis-blackrock-esg-woke/10812382002/ 3 comments environment
- Ask a Scientist: What’s Up With the Attack on ESG Investing? https://blog.ucsusa.org/elliott-negin/attack-on-esg-investing/ 5 comments environment
- How ESG investing got tangled up in America's culture wars https://www.npr.org/2022/09/12/1121976216/esg-explained 2 comments environment
- ESG Investing Is a Billion Dollar Sham Industry https://medium.datadriveninvestor.com/esg-investing-is-a-billion-dollar-sham-industry-cf8649189718?sk=134553072486ce56e7be475f03ea212e 4 comments economy
- ESG Investing Is a Billion Dollar Sham Industry https://medium.datadriveninvestor.com/esg-investing-is-a-billion-dollar-sham-industry-cf8649189718?sk=134553072486ce56e7be475f03ea212e 104 comments bogleheads
- These 10 Republicans are leading the political fight to end the 'scam' they say is ESG investing https://www.businessinsider.com/conservative-politicians-esg-sustainable-investing-2022-6 9 comments politics
- “ESG” investment: Its scope and its contribution to the performance of corporate investments https://gestionfinancejuridique.com/investissement-esg-son-perimetre-et-sa-contribution-a-la-performance-des-investissements-des-entreprises/ 2 comments science
- What Is ESG Investing, and Can I Invest in ESG Using My IRA? https://altoiracryptos.com/ESG 2 comments economics
- What Is ESG Investing, and Can I Invest in ESG Using My IRA? https://altoiracryptos.com/ESG 2 comments economy
- We need to upgrade ESG Standarts to avoid investments in countries with low democracy (Russia/ China) https://aswathdamodaran.blogspot.com/2020/09/sounding-good-or-doing-good-skeptical.html 9 comments investing
- ESG investment plan evaluation https://www.ishares.com/ch/institutional/en/products/314362/ishares-esg-advanced-msci-eafe-etf 19 comments eupersonalfinance
- Support builds for reversing Trump's limits on ESG investing https://www.eenews.net/articles/support-builds-for-reversing-trumps-limits-on-esg-investing/ 5 comments economy
- Ripple Announces $44 Million ESG Investment with Nelnet https://atozmarkets.com/news/ripple-announces-44-million-esg-investment-with-nelnet/ 12 comments cryptocurrency
- Is ESG Investing the way forward? https://www.reddit.com/r/investing/comments/icl2la/is_esg_investing_the_way_forward/ 27 comments investing
- July is 'ESG month' for GOP leaders who want to limit do-good investing https://finance.yahoo.com/news/july-is-esg-month-for-gop-leaders-who-want-to-limit-do-good-investing-125802467.html 5 comments economy
- Gov. DeSantis aims to ban ESG investing in Florida https://www.wftv.com/news/local/gov-desantis-hold-news-conference-with-florida-political-leaders-naples/NL7SV4OR4NF3RPEAOXIA5WNHT4/?outputType=amp 56 comments politics
- House majority gives Republicans a chance to take on ESG investing https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/3789903-house-majority-gives-republicans-a-chance-to-take-on-esg-investing/ 18 comments environment
- ESG IMPACT Rooftop solar: How homeowners should do the math on the climate change investment https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/17/rooftop-solar-how-homeowners-can-make-sense-of-the-climate-finance.html 2 comments climate
- Gov. DeSantis takes aim at ‘ideological’ investing, wants ESG prohibitions https://www.news4jax.com/news/politics/2022/07/27/gov-desantis-takes-aim-at-ideological-investing-wants-esg-prohibitions/ 32 comments politics
- Is ESG Investing Bullsh*t? Inside the Exxon/Tesla Scandal... https://mattward.substack.com/p/is-esg-investing-bullsht?s=w 7 comments climate
- Majority of ESG Investment Funds Reviewed in Study are Greenwashing https://www.wealthmanagement.com/etfs/esg-study-shared-sec-reveals-fund-labels-are-often-useless 2 comments investing
- ESG investing: funds weigh sovereign debt profits against human rights https://www.ft.com/content/bd2e752e-5afa-424a-af7e-433963dd7c34 2 comments europes
- Opinion: ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) is a possible value sector to target for investing in the near future. SOAC warrants (SOAC.WT) is the play. https://www.reddit.com/r/investing/comments/ig19hv/opinion_esg_environmental_social_governance_is_a/ 19 comments investing
- New Survey Of US Investors By Hoover And Stanford Scholars Finds Falling Support For ESG Investing https://www.hoover.org/news/new-survey-us-investors-hoover-and-stanford-scholars-finds-falling-support-esg-investing 6 comments wallstreetbets
- House GOP fails to override Biden veto of ESG investing ban https://apnews.com/article/house-republicans-veto-override-esg-woke-investment-1fb8a23144d68b59c820c48c34152664 23 comments politics
- SEC Charges Goldman Sachs Asset Management for Failing to Follow its Policies and Procedures Involving ESG Investments https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2022-209 3 comments law
- There Are Two Americas When It Comes to ESG Chicago’s decision to dump fossil fuel. investments is the latest sign of the ideological divide that’s splitting the country. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-11-02/there-are-two-americas-when-it-comes-to-esg-green-insight?sref=5p3yLRks 8 comments politics
- The Real Cause of ESG’s Big Crash: Republican governments across America have passed anti-ESG bills, but that’s not why the investment principle has fallen out of favor. https://newrepublic.com/article/176703/esg-big-crash-cause-not-republicans 50 comments economy
- US Republicans pull $1bn from BlackRock over ESG investing concerns. State treasurers punish asset manager for pursuing policies allegedly hostile to fossil fuel industry. https://www.ft.com/content/41de28af-a487-473e-bc17-5e8cb71f4ced 23 comments environment
- The curious origins of the anti-ESG movement | The anti-"woke investing" movement was not created by financial experts. It was created by two of the fossil fuel industry's most notorious climate disinformers. https://heated.world/p/the-dirty-origins-of-the-anti-esg 5 comments climate
- New Thin Film Solar Factory Transforms Red State Into Green Warrior. Alabama officials joined with First Solar to celebrate the opening of the company’s massive new 3.5GW factory. Alabama anti-ESG legislation seeks to obstruct renewable energy investing, but apparently somebody did not get the memo. https://cleantechnica.com/2024/09/30/new-thin-film-solar-factory-transforms-red-state-into-green-warrior/ 2 comments energy
- A federal appeals court on Friday dismissed a lawsuit by four Republican-led states that sought to block a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rule requiring investment funds to categorize and disclose their proxy votes on issues including environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters https://www.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/court-rejects-republican-states-challenge-to-secs-esg-proxy-vote-rule-3437592 2 comments law
- ESG Foes in States, Congress Ready Attacks on ‘Woke’ Investing. McHenry poised to skewer ESG as House Financial Services Committee head. Republican attorneys general vow to ‘to be on the front line pushing back’ https://news.bloomberglaw.com/securities-law/esg-foes-in-states-congress-ready-attacks-on-woke-investing 20 comments politics