InfluenceWatch Friday
The information compiled in InfluenceWatch gives news outlets and other interested parties to use this research in future reporting on significant topics that are often overlooked by the American public.
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InfluenceWatch Friday
The information compiled in InfluenceWatch gives news outlets and other interested parties to use this research in future reporting on significant topics that are often overlooked by the American public.
To Understand ESG Activism, Look to Shareholder Resolutions
For those wondering how and why environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) became a ubiquitous feature of American corporate culture seemingly overnight, you’re not alone. Congress wants to know, too.
Big Labor Meets Arabella: A Coalitional Case Study
Social justice unionism is a theory of organized labor politics under which organized labor marches together with the social-liberal Left on noneconomic issues. This is part of a broad left-wing…
ProPublica Steps in It
ProPublica has made news recently after proverbially “stepping in it” by leveling out false charges in the guise of “fair and accurate” reporting. They reached out and asked Justice Alito…
“Progressive” ESG Shareholder Activism: Understanding ESG Activism
Corporate America’s recent leftward lurch on many divisive sociopolitical issues has not occurred in a vacuum. While it doubtlessly has many causes, chief among these is the pressure that businesses…
“Progressive” ESG Shareholder Activism: Quantitative Trends
The recent numerical increase in ESG shareholder resolutions has been well-documented. A comprehensive review of the 2022 proxy season by Georgeson counted 941 shareholder resolutions submitted to Russell 3000 companies,…
“Progressive” ESG Shareholder Activism: Qualitative Trends
The nature of ESG shareholder resolutions has shifted over the years to rapidly ramp up the pressure on American business. To quote the publisher’s introduction to the 2021 Proxy Preview,…
“Progressive” ESG Shareholder Activism: Pushing and Pushback
The quantitative and qualitative acceleration of ESG shareholder resolutions is easier to understand when one recalls that ESG activism is just ordinary sociopolitical issue activism undertaken within the corporate sector.
Alexander Soros, Electric Cars, and the Inflation Reduction Act: What to Expect from George Soros’s Heir
The world of left-wing philanthropy experienced a sea change earlier this month as the infamous billionaire and political-donor-extraordinaire George Soros announced he would be passing control of his empire to…