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It's only a matter of time until the ESG movement will R.I.P.

BlackRock, the leading money manager, has scaled back its support for ESG shareholder demands, recognizing that many proposals were overreaching, lacking economic merit, or redundant, and highlighting the excesses and politicization of the ESG movement.

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