Bad Business
What to know: A new study shows that Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance, or ESG investing, is bad business.
The TPPF take: The so-called ESG movement will hurt American companies—and everyday Americans—in the long run.
“The ESG movement wrongly bullies corporations into ignoring their duty to provide profitability for shareholders, in order to appease a vocal minority of progressive activists,” says TPPF’s Jason Isaac. “And some major firms are capitulating. Efforts to divest from fossil fuels would yield no significant environmental benefits but come with an extreme economic cost.”
For more on the ESG movement, click here.
Woke Corporations
What to know: Woke corporations are forming a cartel against elected officials—and average Americans—if they dare support election integrity, Congressman Chip Roy writes.
The TPPF take: Americans—the customer base of those corporations—want secure elections. That’s especially true in Texas, where lawmakers are debating election integrity legislation.
“Texans won’t allow woke corporations with purchased platforms to misconstrue legislation and mislead the public,” says TPPF’s Kevin Roberts. “Secure elections are the right of every Texas voter, and lawmakers have a duty to them—not to the insufferable scolds of the corporate world.”
For more on those woke corporations, click here.
Level the Playing Field
What to know: Texans overwhelmingly support a ban on lobbying with tax dollars.
The TPPF take: Texans simply want a level playing field.
“As I travel the state of Texas and speak with Texan grassroots members, what I hear most often is that they have had enough of government growing at their expense,” says TPPF’s Sam Pohl. “Fortunately, there is legislation that would level the playing field, just as Texans demand—Senate Bill 10 by Senator Paul Bettencourt. This bill would prohibit a county or municipality from using tax dollars to hire contract lobbyists.”
For more on taxpayer funded lobbying, click here.