The money to be made conforming to ESG must be very lucrative.
Careful... Larry Fink is listening.
Its not the direct money.
Try applying for an SBA loan, commercial line of credit from a federal reserve bank, or get venture funding from Blackrock or Nuveen without policies AND PRACTICES (paid warm bodies) fully supporting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
Socially Responsible Investing has been around for a long time — the first mutual funds with stated exclusions (no tobacco, gambling, or alcohol companies) were marketed to Baptists and Lutherans as good places for christians to put their money. ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) filters on investments are fairly new and a spin for commies on Socially Responsible Investing, but are completely different than Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.