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Sen. Bernie Sanders and ESG investors are urging Starbucks to stop what they call "union-busting" actions as employees try to organize.

Chinese institutional investors are increasingly considering environmental, social and governance factors when choosing where to place their money By  Charles Qiu

As the war in Ukraine rages, finance professionals on Wall Street and in Europe recently attracted outrage by suggesting that investing in arms manufacturers should be treated as ethical investing. In the fight against tyranny, they argued that such an investment “preserves peace and global stability” and defends “the values…

Economy and Society is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics.

Many practitioners of Islamic finance say its “good steward” stance has great potential for investors.

The unprecedented response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the global outcry from consumers, lawmakers and government officials may signal a shift in how corporations should be evaluated on environmental, social and governance criteria, observers said.

Companies rapidly departed from Russia after its invasion of Ukraine, raising a question about the speed of their response to ESG issues.

Economy and Society is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics.

Exxon Mobil reported it spent about $4.9 million lobbying federal lawmakers and regulators and more than $893,000 for state-level lobbying.