BlackRock CEO Larry Fink drops use of term 'ESG'

'Entirely weaponised' term

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BlackRock chief executive Larry Fink will no longer use ESG to describe environmental, social and corporate governance issues, as the battle over the term and the investment practice it refers to becomes increasingly toxic in the US.

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