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"Texas has been over the past decade the epicenter of the kind of extreme laws," says a spokesman for a national pro-ESG organization.
"The law violates the First Amendment by barring companies from competing for state investments or contracting with the state whenever Texas believes those companies espouse a disfavored viewpoint ...
Legal experts say the judge’s decision, while specific to Oklahoma law, may illustrate legal vulnerabilities of other “anti-boycott” laws passed by Republicans in other states. Robert ...
In 2005, the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative commissioned a report from the international law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer on the interpretation of the law with respect to investors and ESG issues. The Freshfields report concluded that not only was it permissible for investment companies to integrate ESG issues ...
Oklahoma policymakers might have believed they were shielding the state's energy industry, but in reality, they have burdened taxpayers with new costs. Oklahoma's 'anti-ESG' law is a saber ...
As a matter of law, in the United States, the materiality principle controls whether a publicly traded corporation must disclose certain information, that is: "a fact is material if there is a substantial likelihood that the fact would have been viewed by a reasonable investor as having significantly altered the ‘total mix’ of information ...
The anti-ESG backlash is playing out across the country as pensions and investments become a political football. ... Passing restrictive laws at the federal or state level, instructing these ...
At least 20 states have adopted some type of anti-ESG legislation. In compliance with the Energy Discrimination Elimination Act, state officials are required to maintain a list of financial ...