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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

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

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