State Treasurer Boozer, Retirement Systems of Alabama deny using ESG criteria for investments | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
State Treasurer Young Boozer insists that the Alabama State Treasury (AST) does not make investment decisions using environmental, social and governmental (ESG) criteria. This approach evaluates how a corporation aligns itself with social goals beyond earning a profit for its shareholders. These goals often pertain to environmental sustainability and advocacy for specific social movements and […]
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ESG ‘another mechanism for the left to impose their philosophy’ | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) investing is just “the left’s new way of imposing their worldview on the country,” according to Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall. ESG is an approach to evaluating how a corporation aligns itself to social goals beyond earning a profit for its shareholders. These goals often pertain to environmental sustainability but […]
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ESG criteria used for some of Alabama’s best-known brand names — ‘Important and a factor’ | #elections | #alabama
One might not expect to find so-called Environmental, Social Responsibility and Governance (ESG) policy in Alabama, but elements of it are around. Among those is one of the most influential entities in the state – the Retirement Systems of Alabama (RSA). A spokeswoman told 1819 News said that although it does not have an ESG […]
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