The Right Has It In For 'Woke' Investors. The Only Problem? They Don't Exist

26 Mar 2023 | Abstracted from The New Republic

"Senate Bill 13 requires Texas to cut off business ties to financial firms deemed to be boycotting energy companies for ideological reasons...Undergirding the anti-ESG movement is a familiar network of right-wing think tanks..In an influential 2004 report dubbed “Who Cares Wins,” the Global Compact coined the phrase ESG...banks and asset managers coming under fire from red states continue to invest prolifically in the fossil-fuel industry."

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