Oregon State Treasurer Tobias Read speaks out on ‘silly’ anti-ESG drive

With ESG firmly in the spotlight, one supporter questions the free-market commitment of critics.

As ESG issues get drawn into the culture wars debate, asset managers are coming under pressure to make decisions based primarily on politics rather than economics, Oregon State Treasurer Tobias Read has warned. In a strongly worded interview with specialist website Capital Monitor, he said it is “just so

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