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Legal Attacks on ESG Investing
Another dumb and dangerous battle in the U.S., this time over sustainable investing. Big proxy advisers like ISS are suing Texas over a new law
September 2, 2025
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Another dumb and dangerous battle in the U.S., this time over sustainable investing. Big proxy advisers like ISS are suing Texas over a new law
[Mid-August was the 5-year anniversary of an important moment in sustainability, a public statement by the CEO group Business Roundtable about the importance of stakeholders.
I hate to give this guy attention, but CNN recently had a useful profile on Robby Starbuck, the social media agitator that’s pressuring companies to
[Hi to new subscribers. This blog is where I (mostly) re-post things I’ve written elsewhere — longer posts from LinkedIn or articles in magazines like
Tractor Supply Company, a Fortune 500 business, recently issued what may be the first anti-sustainability statement. The company is stepping away from ESG-type efforts to
CNN reports that retail giant Target is “limiting the number of stores that will sell LGBTQ-themed merchandise for Pride Month in June following a boycott
[This appeared last week in MIT Sloan Management Review. Check out some discussion about it on LinkedIn here.] Predicting the future is a fool’s errand,
[Over the last year-plus, I’ve done a lot of thinking, writing, and speaking about the so-called anti-ESG movement. It’s a complicated thing. This is my
This was a rough year. The world’s biggest challenges generally got worse, or at least more complicated. Our biggest existential threat, climate change, is no
[I posted this on HBR a couple of weeks ago, but I’ve tweaked the title here to avoid a touch of confusion. The original says