ESG and antitrust issues are starting to converge as Democrats seek ways to boost competition, while pushing companies to become better corporate citizens.
The Securities and Exchange Commission recently received a left-leaning think tank’s recommendations to incorporate market power indicators, such as labor cost metrics and investment calculations, into a set of environmental, social, and governance disclosures that the agency is considering.
The Federal Trade Commission has shown signs that it’s changing the way it investigates companies’ market-power abuse by examining new standards in addition to the traditional scope of whether consumers have been harmed, sowing concerns from Sen. Mike ...