ERISA House Committee ESG Factors

ERISA Overhaul: House Committee Approves Bill Prohibiting ESG Factors

July 4, 2025


By Jack Grogan-Fenn

The House Committee on Education and Workforce has voted through a bill which will restrict retirement fund managers’ ability to consider ESG factors in investment …

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Marty Walsh Democrat Depart of Labor

Marty Walsh is a champion of sustainable investment

Controversial rules that make it harder for US pension plan fiduciaries to make sustainable investment decisions could be reviewed if President Biden’s Labor Secretary nominee takes the helm. Marty Walsh, a Democrat …

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DOL throws curveball into its approach to governing shareholder rights

DoL questions purpose of shareholder voting

The US Department of Labor (DoL) has thrown a new curveball into its approach to governing shareholder rights, questioning the need for asset owners to have their voices heard by companies at all.

Following …

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Money, Sustainable, Remuneration

Pension fund investors in the United States may need to prove allocations made under their environmental, social and governance policies are primarily aiming for a financial return should proposed new rules be enacted.

At the end of June, the Department …

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