BlackRock, for all its ESG talk, is the largest global investor in fossil fuels. Not only would divestment destroy the stocks of these companies, ...

BlackRock boss Larry Fink, at the forefront of the business world’s adoption of environmental, social and corporate governance standards, has stopped using the term, saying it has become too ...

A top deputy to Texas A.G. Ken Paxton gave the “inside story” on how he threatened Wells Fargo’s bond business and a lawsuit to make it crumble.

But management remains subject to BlackRock’s behind-the-scenes ESG pressure diminishing the value of that option. In his 2020 letter to CEOs, Fink called this pressure “engagement.” ...

A new report reveals that BlackRock voted on 30% of ESG-related proposals in 2022, 6% more ESG-support than the 24% number it reported on E&S proposals.

Ethos ESG has encouraged BlackRock to support more ESG shareholder resolutions and has met with its investment stewardship team on that topic, he said. That team is “very capable and very well ...

While left-leaning states have long supported BlackRock’s ESG investing, conservative states increasingly object. In August, 19 red-state attorneys general sent BlackRock CEO Larry Fink a letter ...

Fink has been the face of BlackRock for 35 years. The criticism he has faced over ESG investing hangs over his legacy as the firm plans for his succession. Larry Fink is entering the twilight of a ...

When viewed through Morningstar’s criteria, 11.4% of BlackRock’s U.S. mutual funds and iShares ETFs, or 62 of 544 total products, have an explicit ESG focus.

BlackRock's ongoing push for environmental, social, and governance (ESG) standards for companies appears to have put the firm between a rock and a hard place. After the world's largest asset ...

Blackrock CEO "Larry Fink may claim that ESG has ‘been weaponized by left and right,’" he said, referencing a July 2023 Fox Business interview with Fink.

BlackRock says it will make no major policies on ESG investing, despite some pushback from Republican lawmakers who criticized the company's policies.