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Florida bill would prohibit ESG discrimination against farmers (2025)
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Florida Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson (R) recently highlighted provisions in the state’s farm bill that he says would protect farmers and ranchers from discrimination based on ESG factors.
Florida is the second state in two weeks to address concerns about ESG’s impact on agriculture. Two weeks ago, North Carolina Rep. Neal Jackson (R) introduced a stand-alone bill that similarly focused on farmers, credit, and ESG.
According to Florida’s Voice:
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Under the proposed Florida Farm bill, financial institutions could not use ESG criteria to deny services or loans to agricultural producers. Instead, banks would continue to rely on traditional methods like credit scores and debt-to-income ratios to decide whether to provide financial support. One of the bill’s sponsors, Sen. Keith Truenow, also weighed in, calling the scoring system far-reaching. “Florida’s farmers and ranchers are the backbone of our economy and our way of life,” he said. “Thanks to Commissioner Wilton Simpson’s leadership and the hard work we’ve put into this legislation, we are standing strong against woke financial institutions that want to force their radical agenda on our agricultural industry.”[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
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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