By ahnationtalk on September 13, 2024
By ahnationtalk on September 13, 2024
By ahnationtalk on September 12, 2024
By ahnationtalk on September 12, 2024
By ahnationtalk on September 12, 2024
You can use your smart phone to browse stories in the comfort of your hand. Simply browse this site on your smart phone.
Using an RSS Reader you can access most recent stories and other feeds posted on this network.
SNetwork Recent Storiesby ahnationtalk on May 9, 202453 Views
May 8, 2024
If the activists behind ESG cared, they would not stand in the way of First Nation and Metis communities that wish to move from poverty to prosperity through energy projects.
Initially, the three criteria to measure or value investments – Environment, Social, and Governance – were uncontroversial.
“Environment” once referred to a company’s potential for pollution or future legal liabilities. It has since morphed to focus primarily on a company’s carbon dioxide emissions, irrespective of their actual effect on climate change. “Social” used to denote a company’s relationships with people but has now come to represent the company’s stance on issues, often determined by far-left activists. “Governance” originally described a company’s internal management practices; it now emphasizes the racial and gender diversity of the company’s board of directors.
In other words, ESG originated from the concept of corporate social responsibility and has evolved into ‘stakeholder capitalism,’ a framework where businesses shift their focus from profitability and shareholder value to politically divisive and ambiguous criteria.
Read More: https://fcpp.org/2024/05/08/the-call-to-abandon-esg-is-a-plea-for-indigenous-prosperity/
Channels: | No Channels |
---|
Categories: | Mainstream Aboriginal Related News, Policy |
---|
This article comes from NationTalk:
https://mb.nationtalk.ca
The permalink for this story is:
https://mb.nationtalk.ca/story/the-call-to-abandon-esg-is-a-plea-for-indigenous-prosperity-fcpp
Comments are closed.