A new poll by UK banking giant HSBC has found a rising number of managers are reconsidering how they integrate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues into their investment strategies. The findings come from the London-based lender’s survey of 310 professionals across the globe in roles related to ESG decision-making. The poll was conducted May 31–June 24, 2023….
Rising Number of Managers Reconsidering How ESG Standards Are Integrated Into Funds: HSBC Survey
IN-DEPTH: Shareholder Votes Show Support for ESG Falling
This year’s spring season of shareholder voting is leading some to believe that the tide may be turning against the left-wing corporate pressure campaign that goes under the awkward moniker of Environmental, Social and Governance, or ESG. “The big story this year is the drop in support for ESG proposals,” Scott Shepard, a fellow at…
10 House Republicans Support Texas AG’s Bid to Block Omnibus Spending Bill
Ten House Republicans have backed a lawsuit that aims to prevent implementation of the $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill passed in December by striking down the congressional practice of proxy voting. In an April 11 amicus brief obtained by The Epoch Times, the lawmakers supported Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s motion for a preliminary injunction…
McCarthy Ends Controversial Proxy Voting in House of Representatives
Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Thursday ended the controversial practice of proxy voting that allowed lawmakers to cast their votes remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic. “No more proxy voting,” McCarthy declared. “Effective immediately, Members of Congress have to show up to work if they want their vote to count.” The controversial proxy voting…
McCarthy Declares End of Controversial Proxy Voting in House of Representatives
Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Thursday declared an end to the controversial practice of proxy voting that allowed lawmakers to cast their votes remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic. “No more proxy voting,” McCarthy declared. “Effective immediately, Members of Congress have to show up to work if they want their vote to count.” The…
Pelosi Extends Controversial Remote Voting Through Christmas
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has again extended the controversial proxy voting system in the U.S. House of Representatives through Christmas, citing an ongoing “public health emergency” from COVID-19. Under the proxy voting system, approved by a party-line vote in Jan. 2021, lawmakers don’t have to show up in person to Capitol Hill…
GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy Vows to End Proxy Voting ‘On the Very First Day’ of a Republican House
While speaking at the America First Agenda summit in Washington on July 26, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) vowed that a GOP majority in the House would end the controversial practice of proxy voting. The House passed the measure allowing members to vote by proxy at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in May…
GOP Leader McCarthy Vows to End Proxy Voting ‘On the Very 1st Day’ of a Republican House
U.S. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) vowed at the America First Agenda summit in Washington on July 26 that Republicans would seek to end the practice of proxy voting “on the very first day” if the GOP takes back the House majority in the midterm elections. The House had approved a measure at the beginning…
House Democrats Dominated Controversial Proxy Voting in 2021
Democrats dominated the controversial process of voting by proxy in 2021, according to a study released by the GOP-leaning Ripon Society. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) pushed through the absentee voting measure, which allowed members of Congress to vote by proxy, at the beginning of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus pandemic in…
House GOP Leader Asks Supreme Court to End Proxy Voting
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is taking his fight against what he calls the “patently unconstitutional practice” of proxy voting in the U.S. House of Representatives to the Supreme Court. In the early days of the pandemic in May 2020, the House approved a resolution allowing members to cast votes on the House floor…
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