In his column for Reuters, Steve Blonder, principal in Much’s Commercial Litigation group, discussed continued pushback on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. The actors behind this movement include politicians who are deriding the use of government funds to support concepts that are antithetical to certain conservative beliefs, and private organizations that are aiming to roll back DEI and ESG initiatives in both the corporate realm and on college campuses. Has ESG become the latest dirty word in corporate America?