S11 EP147: Hour 3 - The ESG Backlash Begins

The Erick Erickson Show

Erick Erickson

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🗓️ 17 August 2022

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

They are changing the name of ESG as pressure mounts just like every other time the left gets caught doing something on the sly plus Biden set a new world record for illegal border crossings in a year. Pretty impressive failure.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Eric Erickson Show podcast, Hour 3.
0:13.5	Greetings, conversationalists. How are you? It is the third hour of the Eric Erickson show,
0:19.0	and I'm just so delighted to have you with me.
0:21.0	The full number, if you want to talk to me, is 877-97-9-373-7-4-25.
0:29.0	I have spent probably more time than I should on ESG criteria in the past few weeks,
0:37.0	but it's important, I think, to educate you on this growing fight.
0:42.2	ESG stands for environmental, social, and governance criteria.
0:47.7	It is being used by left-wing groups and representatives of controllers of your pensions and retirement funds,
0:59.4	fiduciaries, that's the word I'm looking for, to push corporate America to the left.
1:04.8	Larry Fink is the CEO of Black Rock.
1:08.0	Black Rock is one of the biggest agitators for ESG criteria to move companies to the left.
1:16.2	Will Hild is going to join me on Friday. He is the executive director of Consumers First.
1:21.7	They have an ad out that they're playing on TV stations, not just online.
1:27.8	I want you to listen to this as the backlash against ESG is beginning.
1:35.3	Who helped cause soaring gas prices, BlackRock.
1:38.4	Who contributed to outrageous housing prices, BlackRock.
1:41.8	BlackRock and Larry Fink spent years harassing oil and gas companies,
1:46.7	making them divest from fossil fuels. Now you feel the pain. And BlackRock-owned companies
1:52.0	are snatching up houses, crippling families. Now BlackRock's former ESG czar, Brian Dease,
1:58.4	is Biden's economic advisor, crushing America from within.
2:02.9	That's what Black Rock is really about.
2:05.6	Who helped come.
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