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Underneath the political back-and-forth over ESG investing, we are seeing a sinister shift in ESG targets.

EXCLUSIVE — Despite the souring opinions on environmental, social, and governance standards, activist groups have levied shareholder power to use ESG in a bid to hurt conservative groups.

As the ESG backlash escalated this past year, companies have often felt caught between Scylla and Charybdis, struggling to navigate between the company’s commitment to ESG issues that...

For all the sound and fury against environmental, social and governance investing, efforts to sway companies away from it aren't making much headway with investors.

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By Marlene Kennedy/The Leader-Herald The culture wars over the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade hit public company boardrooms this spring meeting season. A record 30 proxy proposals on reproductive health were submitted for 2023 shareholder votes at annual meetings, double the number la

A new report found more than 542 shareholder resolutions filed on ESG issues as of mid-February in this year's proxy season. But anti-ESG proposals also jumped.

Notwithstanding legislative and executive action by several states in opposition to the supposed "woke" stances of some businesses on ESG and ESG investing—or perhaps because of it...

The left is weaponizing your retirement savings.