https://pic8.co/sh/N2p3rf.jpg https://poal.co/s/business/480199 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental,_social_and_corporate_governance Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) is an evaluation of a firm’s collective conscientiousness for social and environmental factors. It is typically a score that is compiled from data collected surrounding specific metrics related to intangible assets within the enterprise. **It could be considered a form of corporate social credit score.** Research shows that such intangible assets comprise an increasing percentage of future enterprise value.[1][2] While there are many ways to think of intangible asset metrics, these three central factors together, ESG, comprise a label that has been adopted throughout the United States financial industry. They are used for a myriad of specific purposes with the ultimate objective of measuring elements related to sustainability and societal impact of a company or business.[3] In less than 20 years, the ESG movement has grown from a corporate social responsibility initiative launched by the United Nations into a global phenomenon representing more than **US$30 trillion in assets** under management.[4] In the year 2019 alone, a surge of capital totaling US$17.67 billion flowed into ESG-linked products, an almost 525 percent increase from 2015, according to Morningstar.[5] ... Of course https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Fink#Early_life_and_education Edit: featured links in the meme above New York FED https://archive.is/m90Qr Maiden Lane Transactions Bloomberg https://archive.is/rqIop In Fink We Trust: BlackRock Is Now ‘Fourth Branch of Government’ When the Fed looked for bond-buying help in a crisis, it turned to the giant money manager. May 21, 2020, 9:00 AM UTC New York Post https://archive.is/GN63T BlackRock’s ‘No. 1’ goal in ‘woke’ investing: Huge ESG-funds haul June 5, 2021 | 11:20pm | Updated