Conservative think tank rates presidential candidates on ESG (2023)
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The Heartland Institute, a conservative think tank, issued a new report rating the presidential candidates’ views on and proposals for responding to ESG:
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Over the past summer, my team of researchers at The Heartland Institute investigated the ESG policy platform for nearly all of the presidential candidates, from Ron DeSantis and Donald Trump to Nikki Haley and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. They also investigated past statements made about ESG and voting records (if available). In cases where presidential candidates hadn’t said much about ESG, I or members of my team reached out to the candidates directly to request more information. Once all the data was compiled, we assigned letter grades to each of the 11 candidates reviewed and are just now publishing our findings. The best grades were awarded to candidates with strongest positions on ESG. Our highest standard for an anti-ESG platform includes support for three specific policies: (1) preventing public money (especially pensions) from being used to promote ESG causes, (2) blocking government agencies from doing or expanding business with powerful pro-ESG interests, such as Blackrock, and (3) supporting legislation to stop banks and other financial institutions from using ESG to discriminate against businesses and individual consumers. … Although most Republican voters might expect all the GOP candidates to be fully devoted to combating ESG, we found that only four met our gold standard for an anti-ESG platform: Ron DeSantis (A+), Donald Trump (A), Mike Pence (A), and Tim Scott (A-). … Two of the candidates in the race earned scores in the "B" range, businessman Vivek Ramaswamy (B) and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum (B-). Ramaswamy’s B grade will probably be considered by most readers as our report’s biggest surprise. … Three candidates received grades in the "C" range, Nikki Haley (C+), Asa Hutchinson (C), and Chris Christie (C-). … The two candidates with the lowest scores are Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. (D) and President Biden (F).[1] |
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See also
- Environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG)
- Economy and Society: Ballotpedia's ESG newsletter
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Footnotes
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