House Passes Bills Limiting ESG And SEC Rules Amid Growing Debate Legislation challenges ESG in investment decisions and climate risk disclosures, sparking industry reactions and political discourse. Zenger · Sep 26, 2024
J.P. Morgan, State Street withdraw from Climate Action 100+ Economy and Society is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics. Ballotpedia · Feb 20, 2024
Big Firms With $7 Tn Exit Climate Investment Pressure Group A pair of large investment companies with nearly $7 trillion in assets, said Thursday they exited a climate change investor initiative that aims to pressure companies to quickly cut carbon emissions. International Business Times · Feb 16, 2024
Louisiana attorney general launches ESG investigation Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry (R) launched an investigation on April 25 into Climate Action 100+, which describes itself as “an investor-led initiative to ensure the world’s largest corporate greenhouse gas emitters take necessary action on climate change.” Landry’s office says the investigation seeks to determine whether some asset management… Ballotpedia · May 5, 2023
Shareholder activists sue the SEC, alleging bias Economy and Society is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics. Ballotpedia · May 2, 2023
Kentucky Threatens To Divest From 11 Banks Over Environmental And Social Policies Kentucky State Treasurer Allison Ball (R) notified 11 banks that their ESG policies had harmed the state’s economy. Zenger · Jan 12, 2023
Kentucky threatens to divest from 11 banks over ESG policies On January 2, Kentucky State Treasurer Allison Ball (R) issued a statement notifying 11 banks that their ESG policies amounted to energy boycotts that harmed the state’s economy according to definitions passed into law last spring. The statement says the banks have 90 days to stop what Kentucky argues are… Ballotpedia · Jan 10, 2023
Republicans map out their agenda on ESG and antitrust The Republican Party’s majority in the House of Representatives will take office in January, and some members and committees have already started laying out their ESG agendas for the new Congress. Among those are members of the Judiciary Committee, who have indicated that they would like to understand better how… Ballotpedia · Dec 20, 2022