This is CBS Eye on the World.

Here's John Batchelor.

This is CBS, I on the world.

I'm John Batchelor.

I welcome Richard Goldberg,

the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies,

whose new document is a revelation to me about the marketplace and anti-Israel bias in the marketplace.

Rich and I have had occasion before this to talk about a very large organization called Morning Star.

This is new to me that Morning Star's mistakes have now been replicated by an organization called MSCI.

This has to do with something that's been trendy these last years, ESG investing.

A lot of acronyms here, so Rich will help us.

Rich, a very good evening to you.

What is ESG?

What is its ambition?

How is it interpreted?

Good evening to you.

Good evening, John.

I think for many Americans, you've heard about ESG in various contexts, typically in a climate

activism context, fighting over whether or not companies should be committed to net zero emission standard,

signing up for UN climate change type protocols, what they're doing to reduce their carbon footprint in the company.

You used to go by different acronyms, corporate social responsibility.

You heard that for a long time.

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