Arkansas oversight committee targets financial service firms in ‘activist’ climate-change initiatives for culling

David Scott (left), the chairman of Arkansas’ ESG Oversight Committee and the chief legal counsel in the Arkansas treasurer’s office, is shown with an aerial photo of the state Capitol in these undated file photos. (Left, courtesy photo; right, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Benjamin Krain)
David Scott (left), the chairman of Arkansas’ ESG Oversight Committee and the chief legal counsel in the Arkansas treasurer’s office, is shown with an aerial photo of the state Capitol in these undated file photos. (Left, courtesy photo; right, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Benjamin Krain)


Arkansas' ESG Oversight Committee on Thursday decided on a method for winnowing the financial service providers that the committee evaluates for placing on its list of providers that discriminate against energy, fossil fuel, firearms or ammunition companies, or otherwise refuse to deal based on environmental, social justice or other governance-related...

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