IN-DEPTH: Shareholder Votes Show Support for ESG Falling

Although 2022 was a ‘blow-out year’ for climate and race initiatives, 2023 isn't

People walk past a Target store in New York on June 6, 2023. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times

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 by the moniker of environmental, social, and corporate governance, or ESG.

“The big story this year is the drop in support for ESG proposals,” Scott Shepard, a fellow at the National Center for Public Policy Research (NCPPR), told The Epoch Times.