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Several corporate interests, backed by organizations such as the State Financial Officers Foundation (SFOF) and right-wing entities like the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), are mounting challenges against ESG-focused initiatives. Often influenced by fossil fuel money, these groups aim to limit responsible investments and restrict access to vital financial risk data.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Project 2025: Bad for Your Savings, Bad for Business<\/a><\/h2><\/header>
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How Project 2025 threatens your investments Project 2025 is a dangerous blueprint, designed by extremist groups with longstanding ties to Big Oil, that aims to upend working people\u2019s investments by...<\/p>Read More<\/a><\/div>\n <\/div>

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Who is against ESG investments?<\/a><\/h2><\/header>
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Some companies that have a vested interest in stopping responsible business practices, like those in the fossil fuel industry, are working with right-wing lawmakers to advocate against the use of...<\/p>Read More<\/a><\/div>\n <\/div>

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What impact is the anti-ESG campaign having?<\/a><\/h2><\/header>
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Along with efforts to pass laws to ban or limit sustainable investing, the anti-ESG movement is trying to undermine regulations and limit investors\u2019 ability to hold companies accountable.<\/p>Read More<\/a><\/div>\n <\/div>

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How is anti-ESG messaging being used to target communities and social advancement?<\/a><\/h2><\/header>
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By supporting companies\u2019 initiatives to promote inclusivity, equity, and strong corporate governance, responsible investors can support social cohesion and ethical business practices\u2013and they can demand better from companies. A clear...<\/p>Read More<\/a><\/div>\n <\/div>

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Why should anti-ESG bills be stopped?<\/a><\/h2><\/header>
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Since 2022, a number of far-right lawmakers have been introducing what are commonly called \u201canti-ESG bills\u201d across many states in a coordinated legislative effort that is trying to prevent companies...<\/p>Read More<\/a><\/div>\n <\/div>

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Several corporate interests, backed by organizations such as the State Financial Officers Foundation (SFOF) and right-wing entities like the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), are mounting challenges against ESG-focused initiatives. Often influenced by fossil fuel money, these groups aim to limit responsible investments and restrict access to vital financial risk data. Who is against ESG …<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_theme","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","slim_seo":{"title":"Anti-ESG Efforts: What are the corporate interests against ESG?","description":"Several corporate interests, backed by organizations such as the State Financial Officers Foundation (SFOF) and right-wing entities like the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), are mounting challenges against ESG-focused initiatives. Often influenced by fossil fuel money, these groups aim to limit responsible investments and restrict access to vital financial risk data."},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-32599","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"knowbase_single":false,"knowbase_blog":false,"knowbase_tabs":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Americas","author_link":"https:\/\/esgexplainer.org\/author\/americas\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Several corporate interests, backed by organizations such as the State Financial Officers Foundation (SFOF) and right-wing entities like the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), are mounting challenges against ESG-focused initiatives. Often influenced by fossil fuel money, these groups aim to limit responsible investments and restrict access to vital financial risk data. Who is against ESG…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esgexplainer.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esgexplainer.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esgexplainer.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esgexplainer.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esgexplainer.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32599"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/esgexplainer.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32599\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32891,"href":"https:\/\/esgexplainer.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32599\/revisions\/32891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esgexplainer.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}