REPORT: ANTI-ESG
EXECUTIVE
ACTIONS IN THE STATES
How State Treasurers, AGs, and Secretaries of State
are Weaponizing Their Offices to Obstruct Climate Action
Right wing state executives, including attorneys general, secretaries of state, and treasurers, are leveraging their power in an attempt to undermine corporate responsibility and promote themselves and extremist, right-wing causes under the banner of “anti-ESG.”
The report by Pleiades Strategy, Anti-ESG Executive Actions in the States: How Governors, State Treasurers, AGs, and Secretaries of State are Weaponizing Their Offices to Obstruct Climate Action, highlights 113 actions Republican state executives have taken since 2018 under the banner of “anti-ESG.” In general, the actions attempt to ban voluntary corporate action on climate, slow regulatory efforts to safeguard our economy from the risks of climate change, and obstruct companies and state institutions from taking advantage of the economic opportunities of the ongoing transition to clean energy.
Since 2022, Pleiades Strategy has monitored ongoing state attacks on the freedom to invest responsibly in order to help stakeholders understand the evolving anti-ESG policy landscape.
Our regularly updated Live Anti-ESG Legislation and Executive Action Tracker contains all bills and laws from 2021-present.