"Socially Conscious" Corporations are Lying to You
Channel: Common Sense Soapbox
Date: 2022-12-20

On this episode of Common Sense Soapbox, the ESG wars continue. Seamus takes the moment to explain “greenwashing” and Exxon’s absurd top-ten ESG rating.
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CREDITS: 
Written by Lou Perez, Sean W. Malone, and Seamus Coughlin
Animated by Seamus Coughlin
Produced & Edited by Sean W. Malone
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LINKS:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental,_social,_and_corporate_governance
https://corporatefinanceinstitute.com/resources/esg/esg-score/ 
https://www.fool.com/investing/stock-market/types-of-stocks/esg-investing/esg-rating/ 
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/e/environmental-social-and-governance-esg-criteria.asp 
https://web.archive.org/web/20220802194015/https://fortune.com/2022/05/18/tesla-sp-esg-index-exxon-elon-musk/
https://nypost.com/2022/11/28/elon-musks-view-of-this-investing-strategy-esg-is-the-devil/
https://cleantechnica.com/2022/05/21/in-a-parallel-universe-oil-companies-included-in-sp-500-esg-index-while-tesla-kicked-out-oh-wait/
https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2022/03/16/the-false-promise-of-esg/
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jun/30/climate-crimes-oil-and-gas-environment
https://www.reuters.com/business/how-russias-war-blindsided-world-esg-investing-2022-07-01/
https://qz.com/2180075/hm-showed-bogus-environmental-higg-index-scores-for-its-clothing
https://www.thomsonreuters.com/en/reports/esg-under-strain.html
https://earth.org/greenwashing-companies-corporations/