House Financial Services Committee

Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee

Environmental, Social, & Governance Standards and Proxy Advisors

2128 Rayburn
Tue, 10 Sep 2024 18:00:00 GMT

On September 10, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. in Room 2128 of the Rayburn House Office Building, the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (Subcommittee) of the Committee on Financial Services will hold a hearing entitled “The Fall of ESG: Scrutinizing the Failed Use of Environmental, Social, & Governance Standards and the Influence of Proxy Advisors.”

This hearing will examine the trends of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives and the influence of proxy advisory firms on America’s capital markets. The Subcommittee will review “why companies and investment firms are turning away from ESG activism and the activist influence of proxy advisory firms.”

Hearing memo

Witnesses:
  • Charles Crain, Vice President of Domestic Policy, National Association of Manufacturers
  • Tim Doyle, Founder and Principal, Doyle Strategies
  • Michael Frerichs, Treasurer, State of Illinois