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Let’s start with your blowout victory in being re-elected governor with nearly 60 percent of the popular vote, 20 points more than your Democratic rival. Big congratulations! You clearly attracted a number of independent voters and got an eye-popping 58 percent of the Latino vote, up from 44 percent your first time around. Your strong showing in Florida is no doubt one of the reasons the Washington Posranks you ahead of Donald Trump (#2 [from whom I haven’t heard a single utterance of “ESG” or “Woke”—a sure sign his star is fading]) and Mike Pence (#3—your most serious competitor in using ESG and Woke to get the nomination) in their poll of GOP candidates for President. The Post admiringly said, “the Florida governor’s stock has never been higher, as he emerged from Election Day as perhaps the biggest winner on the GOP side.”

And let’s not forget that flawlessly executed, iridescent but disciplined, artistic piece of political theater in which you chartered two planes to send 50 illegal Venezuelan migrants to a summer resort in Martha’s Vineyard. In my home state of Massachusetts. From Texas no less! I’m guessing Governor Greg Abbott is pretty jealous that you swooped in there and scooped ‘em up from under his nose and beat him to the partisan punch. I apologize I wasn’t there to greet them for you. I’ve been a little busy fighting for the other side in the ESG Culture Wars where you are one of, if not THE, leading general on the right flank.

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Robert G. Eccles

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Robert G. Eccles of Saïd Business School, University of Oxford is the author of a number of books on integrated reporting, sustainability and the role of business in society. His focus is on sustainability from both a company and investor perspective. Professor Eccles is also involved in a variety of initiatives to embed environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues in real world decision making. One of these is the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), of which he was the founding chairman. In 2018, Professor Eccles was selected by Barron’s as one of the top 20 influencers on ESG investing.

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