BlackRock CEO Fink woos Texas after ESG spat
Chief Executive Larry Fink sought to build rapport with Republican officials at an energy investment summit in Houston on Tuesday after Texas blacklisted the asset manager over moves to transition away from fossil fuels.
Texas has been at the forefront of politically "red" states restricting their public pension funds from doing business with BlackRock and other Wall Street firms that have embraced environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) principles.
According to a script of prepared remarks, Fink told the summit on Tuesday that BlackRock could help Texas get $10 billion in private investment to strengthen its power grid, after bouts of extreme weather over the last few years, from heat waves to winter storms, left millions without electricity and heat.
"That's actually what sparked the idea for this summit. I told the Lieutenant Governor about some of the work we'd done," Fink said referring to BlackRock's bid to raise capital for Maui's power grid following last year's devastating wild fires in Hawaii.
Fink said more than 100 investors who collectively manage about $2.2 trillion attended the summit, and that he expected them to help bolster Texas' energy system.
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/blackrock-ceo-fink-woos-texas-after-esg-spat-2024-02-06/
Chief Executive Larry Fink sought to build rapport with Republican officials at an energy investment summit in Houston on Tuesday after Texas blacklisted the asset manager over moves to transition away from fossil fuels.
Texas has been at the forefront of politically "red" states restricting their public pension funds from doing business with BlackRock and other Wall Street firms that have embraced environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) principles.
According to a script of prepared remarks, Fink told the summit on Tuesday that BlackRock could help Texas get $10 billion in private investment to strengthen its power grid, after bouts of extreme weather over the last few years, from heat waves to winter storms, left millions without electricity and heat.
"That's actually what sparked the idea for this summit. I told the Lieutenant Governor about some of the work we'd done," Fink said referring to BlackRock's bid to raise capital for Maui's power grid following last year's devastating wild fires in Hawaii.
Fink said more than 100 investors who collectively manage about $2.2 trillion attended the summit, and that he expected them to help bolster Texas' energy system.
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/blackrock-ceo-fink-woos-texas-after-esg-spat-2024-02-06/
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BlackRock CEO Fink woos Texas after ESG spat
BlackRock Chief Executive Larry Fink sought to build rapport with Republican officials at an energy investment summit in Houston on Tuesday after Texas blacklisted the asset manager over moves to transition away from fossil fuels.
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