anti-ESG

The progressives won again

Meta — the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp — will be building an $800 million data center in Alabama’s capitol city.

May 3, 2024

Senate committee passes anti-ESG bill

The bill would prevent Alabama’s pension funds from investing with any asset manager that considers relevant Environmental, Social and Governance risks.

March 5, 2024

Anti-ESG bill filed in House

The bill, filed by Rep. Chris Brown, R-Hollinger’s Island, is quite different from the bill that passed in the House without debate last session.

February 1, 2024

Gov. Ivey signs anti-ESG bill into law

It blocks governments in the state from contracting with businesses that boycott other businesses over environmental, social and governance standards.

June 7, 2023

House passes anti-ESG bill without debate

The bill applies to every governmental entitity in the state, including counties and municipalities.

June 1, 2023

Anti-ESG bill passes Senate

The body approved an anti-environmental, social, and governance bill on a 27-8 vote.

May 19, 2023

Anti-free market scaremongers are a clear danger at present

Following the lead of other red states, Alabama wants to punish investors in firms that follow ESG standard scoring.

May 15, 2023

Senate committee approves anti-ESG bill

The bill would prevent the state from contracting with companies that "boycott" other state companies using environmental, social and governance standards.

May 11, 2023

Education budget includes $1M for Troy program combatting “woke capitalism”

The money is directed to the Free Enterprise Scholars program, a new program at Troy.

May 9, 2023