South Dakota
Legal Actions
- 17 AGs file motion to stop BlackRock from using utility companies to push ESG agenda
- 24 State Attorneys General Send Letter to 25 Asset Managers Questioning Their ESG Support
- 24 States Provided Comments to the MSRB in Response to the “Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Practices in the Municipal Securities Market”
- 14 Attorneys General and Consumers’ Research file motion with FERC to prevent Vanguard from authorization to purchase energy shares
- Motion Filing to FERC from Consumers’ Research
- 19 State Attorneys General file complaint with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Challenging the Federal Government for Overstepping Authority and Forcing Costly “Green Energy” Transition on States
- 19 State Attorneys General file complaint with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission demanding private asset managers be prevented from purchasing ownership stake in public utility companies
- 23 AGs put companies on notice Net Zero alliances could mean Antitrust Violations
- 16 Attorneys General Send Letter to BlackRock Demanding Answers for its ESG activism and Violation of Fiduciary Duty
- 25 AGs Blast Biden Admin’s Electric Vehicle Demands in Letter
- 19 AGs File Complaint Against Dem States Pushing Radical Climate Agenda
Financial Actions
- 23 States Provided Comments to OCC Regarding the Proposed Principles “Risk Management: Principles for Climate-Related Financial Risk Management for Large Banks”
- 16 States Send Letter to U.S Banks Encouraging Unbiased, Nonpolitical Financing of Industries
- 18 States Provided Comments to SEC Proposed Rule on “The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors”
- 16 States Provided Comments submitted to FDIC Proposed Principals on the “Statement of Principles for Climate-Related Financial Risk Management for Large Financial Institutions”
- 17 States Send Letter to Morningstar raising concerns about ESG ratings negatively impacting companies with connections to Israel
- 18 States Send Letter to President Biden Opposing Nominee Saule Omarova to U.S. Comptroller of the Currency because of her Radical Views on Controlling the Private Banking Sector
- 21 States Send Letter to President Biden Proposing Nominee Sarah Bloom Raskin for Federal Reserve Bank Due to Her Radical Beliefs in Shaping the Financial Industry through a Political Lens
- 23 States Signed Letter to President Biden Declaring the Importance of America’s Energy Independence
- 34 Financial Officers from 27 States Send Letter to President Biden calling him out on new Federal Housing Finance Agency Policy
- 22 State Financial Officers demand answers from Yellen on debt ceiling plan
- 23 State Financial Officers from 22 States sent letter to SEC urging Chairman Gensler to re-open comment period on Natural Asset Companies (NACs) rule in the NYSE
- State Financial Officers Demand Answers on Proxy Votes Supporting ESG Agenda (Letter to BlackRock)
- State Financial Officers Demand Answers on Proxy Votes Supporting ESG Agenda (Letter to ISS)
- State Financial Officers Demand Answers on Proxy Votes Supporting ESG Agenda (Glass Lewis)
- 14 state financial officers send letter to the Business Roundtable calling out its role in woke capitalism when they reoriented their focus from shareholders to “all stakeholders.”
- 16 State Financial Officers Send Letter to ISS calling out the inclusion of ESG topics in their annual benchmark policy survey and Review
- 17 State Financial Officers Send letters to Walmart, Costco, Kroger, Albertsons, and McKessons urging them to disregard NYC Comptroller’s Demand to Carry Abortion Pill
- 17 State Financial Officers Send Letter to Fortune 100 Executives Urging them to Abandon Discriminatory DEI Policies