Conservative activists—gathering for an agenda-setting, annual Republican conference—signaled the attack on those who believe environmental, social and governance criteria should be used to guide investing is just getting started.
The anti-ESG fervor running through this week’s Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, was evident from swag like anti-woke stickers and “stress balls” poking fun at climate change, and organizers offering tickets to a documentary warning of the evils of ESG.
The conference is being held at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center. It is often a backdrop for coalescing the political troops on the conservative cause at the time, ...