The Latest Breaking News from ESG

Economy and Society is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics.

It calls ESG an "existential threat to our liberty."

Thailand and other Asia Pacific countries hold great opportunity for their economy to grow and for Baker Tilly to expand its presence here after the London-based global accounting firm posted a record revenue of US$1 billion from this region last year, executives say.

Two Senate Democrats voted for an ESG resolution that Biden has promised to veto.

After starting as a niche corner of the finance world, ESG investing has since exploded to become a major force on Wall Street _ and the latest front in the nation’s cultural schism

Ron DeSantis, Florida’s Republican governor and likely future presidential contender, has opened up a new front in his party’s war on “woke capitalism”. He is proposing to change the rules around how public bodies within Florida borrow from the markets by issuing bonds.

No multinational would pick a non-specialist to manage its treasury or legal compliance. Without scientific competence, the right questions won’t be asked.

Economy and Society is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics.

Companies are getting better at defining and explaining their policies.