Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)

Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)

The Left’s political tool for pushing businesses and financial institutions to advance progressive ideology in American society. 

 

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COMMENTARY

Andrew Puzder
The ESG Threat and the Rise of the Red States

Andrew Puzder

Feb 3, 2023 4 min read

COMMENTARY

Stephen Moore
Biden Rule Permits Money Managers to Play Politics With Trillions in Retirement

Stephen Moore

Jan 18, 2023 2 min read

COMMENTARY

Diana Furchtgott-Roth
Uncle Sam’s Three Christmas Gifts to China

Diana Furchtgott-Roth

Jan 4, 2023 4 min read

HERITAGE EXPLAINS

What is ESG?
The radical agenda of the “Environmental, Social, and Governance” movement.

EVENT

Jun 23
10:00 am - 10:45 am
The Beginning of the End of ESG

HERITAGE EXPLAINS

The ESG Pushback
Under the umbrella of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) activism, corporations have become...

COMMENTARY

“Emperors” Preaching ESG Purport to Represent Millions of Us, a Lot Can Go Wrong

Patrick Tyrrell

Mar 16, 2022 6 min read

COMMENTARY

Larry Fink’s Crusade Runs Into Resistance

Andrew Puzder, Stephen R. Soukup

Feb 7, 2022 4 min read

COMMENTARY

Andrew Puzder
John Kerry’s Financial Crusade Against Oil and Gas

Andrew Puzder

Jan 6, 2022 3 min read

COMMENTARY

Ben & Jerry’s Interview Gives Woke Capitalism Its Just Desserts

Ben & Jerry’s Interview Gives Woke Capitalism Its Just Desserts

Oct 18, 2021 3 min read

COMMENTARY

What Is Wrong With “ESG” Wokeism

Patrick Tyrrell

Sep 30, 2021 3 min read

COMMENTARY

Corporate Activism Is Helping Undermine Confidence in Our Elections

Adam Kissel, Andrew Olivastro

Apr 19, 2021 4 min read

COMMENTARY

Woke Capitalism Strikes Again in Georgia

Jarrett Stepman

Apr 6, 2021 4 min read

COMMENTARY

Andrew Olivastro
Success, Not Corporate Wokeness, Elevates the Human Condition

Andrew Olivastro

Mar 29, 2021 4 min read

COMMENTARY

Corporate Diversity Skates the Legal Line in a “Mea Culpa” Age

Sarah Parshall Perry

Mar 16, 2021 8 min read

HERITAGE EXPLAINS

Woke Corporate Capitalism
What is the antidote to this “corporate wokeness” infiltrating our largest American companies?

REPORT

David R. Burton
Nasdaq’s Proposed Board-Diversity Rule Is Immoral and Has No Basis in Economics

David R. Burton

Mar 9, 2021 About an hour read

COMMENTARY

Mike Gonzalez
Do Corporate Diversity and Inclusion Efforts Work?

Mike Gonzalez

Feb 18, 2021 1 min read

COMMENTARY

Corporate Virtue-Signaling Can Be Bad for Business

James M. Roberts

May 8, 2017 3 min read

REPORT

Why the U.S. Should Oppose International CSR Mandates

James M. Roberts, Andrew Markley

May 4, 2012 42 min read

COMMENTARY

BP’s Corporate Social Irresponsibility

James M. Roberts

Jul 28, 2010 3 min read

REPORT

How Corporate Social Responsibility (ISO 26000) Mandates Undermine Free Markets

James M. Roberts

May 3, 2010 12 min read

REPORT

“Socially Responsible” Corporations: Whose Wealth Are They Spreading Around?

James M. Roberts

Dec 4, 2009 5 min read

ESG hurts everyone—from customers to employees, employers to investors. Under ESG, traditional American energy like oil and gas is punished and the Left’s “woke” cultural agenda is implemented from the boardroom down to the factory floor. This agenda is being pushed by green activists, woke culture warriors, global elites, and the big businesses they control. 

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