From the Heritage Foundation, I'm Michelle Cordero, and this is Heritage Explains.

Every time I try and read an article about ESG, I immediately hit words like asset manager and

shareholder.

There are corporation names like Black Rock, State Street, and Vanguard.

And from there, I tune out.

Because I assume that this information is not for me.

It's for businessmen and women who watch Wall Street and consume Fox Business regularly.

But the truth is, ESG affects everyone.

And it's important that all Americans are informed about the dangers attached to it.

So today I wanted to do something a little different and explain ESG without all that

finance jargon.

ESG stands for environmental, social governance, and it's a classification system that companies,

maybe even your place of employment, are

using to push the left's agenda. Think of it like a credit score. If you don't score high enough

on their woke meter, you could be canceled. Here's audio from a video just released by the

Heritage Foundation and Heritage Action.

Hey, I'm Brian.

My pronouns are he, his, him.

I understand you're looking for a small business loan,

but you're having troubles with your ESG score.

I was denied.

What's your business?

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