InfluenceWatch Podcast #314: ESG’s Labor Angle

I’m fond of saying—it’s in my Twitter bio—that “there’s always a labor angle.” From bad MLB umpiring to anti-anti-Hamas demonstrations, Big Labor is there. So I am the least surprised person to discover that the left-wing environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) activist investing movement is backstopped in part by and operates in service of Big Labor and its Everything Leftist agenda. Joining me and my colleague Robert Stilson, who studies the ESG movement for Capital Research Center, is Vinnie Vernuccio of the Institute for the American Worker.

Listen to “Episode 314: ESG’s Labor Angle” on Spreaker.

• New York Post: Unions using ESG to control workers — and drain Americans’ retirement savings
• Institute for the American Worker: Big Labor’s Push to Force Investment Managers and Publicly Traded Companies to Ignore Fiduciary Duty and Promote Unions
• InfluenceWatch: As You Sow
• Capital Research Center: 20 Years of ESG Activism