Plus, Democracy Now! segment
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Last week, after 5 ½ hours of in-person testimony before the U.S. House Judiciary Committee, As You Sow’s CEO Andrew Behar was interviewed live on Democracy Now! < [link removed] >
This week – Wednesday, April 3 at 5:30 Pacific < [link removed] > – Andy defends ESG and sustainable investing at a live debate hosted by the University of Arizona.
The Democracy Now! introduction was spot-on:
“Andrew Behar says his group is being investigated by the House Judiciary Committee as part of an orchestrated Republican crackdown on socially responsible investing... Republicans currently have introduced 145 bills in 27 states making it illegal to work with banks and asset managers that use environmental, social, and governance, or ESG, policies, in their investment practices…"
Conservative political operatives see ESG as a threat to the market transition away from fossil fuels and want to prevent investors from taking financial risks like climate change into consideration.
ESG is simply a framework for assessing and addressing material risk for businesspeople and investors, including risks like extreme weather disruptions to supply chains, shortages arising from climate change impacts on growing raw commodities, and diversity in the workforce.
Watch the livestream debate < [link removed] > -
Wednesday 4/3/2024, 5:30pm Pacific & Arizona time / 8:30pm Eastern
ESG Now and in the Future: Is There Common Ground? < [link removed] >
The debate moderators are former White House press secretaries Ari Fleischer (G.W. Bush) and Robert Gibbs (Obama). Panelists are:
- Andrew Behar, CEO, As You Sow
- Kevin Hassett, 29th Chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers (Trump)
- Sandra Taylor, CEO, Sustainable Business International
- Kimberly Yee, State Treasurer of Arizona
Livestream here on April 3, or register to attend in person < [link removed] >
Hope you can join! [Image alt text: Photo of Sarah Milne] [Image alt text: Signature of Sarah Milne] Sarah Milne
Senior Vice President of Advancement
P.S. Here’s the Democracy Now! segment again < [link removed] > – it’s well worth the ten-minute watch! [Image alt text: Thumbnail from Democracy Now video showing Amy Goodman and Andrew Behar] < [link removed] >
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