Has ESG been cast into the dustbin of history?
Posted By: Dreadnought, 9/2/2023 11:15:47 AM
Suffice to say, champions of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) scores have had a “cruel, cruel summer,” as the classic Ace of Base lyric goes. First, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink, one of the foremost champions of ESG investing, disavowed the very term, saying, “I don't use the word ESG anymore, because it's been entirely weaponized.” Apparently, Fink “saw the sign,” as Ace of Base might say. Then, just a few weeks later, the first-ever lawsuit over ESG investing practices in a private company’s 401(k) retirement plan was filed. The lawsuit, filed against American Airlines and Fidelity Investments, accuses Fidelity of offering several funds to plan participants that “pursue nonfinancial and nonpecuniary
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Threaten EU Unity 30 replies
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Threaten EU Unity 30 replies
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Alex Soros, the scion of the Soros empire and recently installed head of the Open Society Foundations (OSF), said this week that his organisation is still intent on interfering in Europe, saying that the continent “remains of huge strategic importance to the work of OSF”.
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Suffice to say, champions of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) scores have had a “cruel, cruel summer,” as the classic Ace of Base lyric goes.
First, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink, one of the foremost champions of ESG investing, disavowed the very term, saying, “I don't use the word ESG anymore, because it's been entirely weaponized.”
Apparently, Fink “saw the sign,” as Ace of Base might say.
Then, just a few weeks later, the first-ever lawsuit over ESG investing practices in a private company’s 401(k) retirement plan was filed. The lawsuit, filed against American Airlines and Fidelity Investments, accuses Fidelity of offering several funds to plan participants that “pursue nonfinancial and nonpecuniary
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I suppose it was just a matter of time
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I suppose it was just a matter of time
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