'ESG is a scam': S&P draws ire from Elon Musk after booting Tesla from ESG index

Kathleen Gallagher
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Electric vehicle giant's CEO Elon Musk claims ESG has been 'weaponised by phony social justice warriors'

Tesla has been removed from the environmental, social and governance (ESG) sustainability version of the S&P 500 index, prompting the EV giant's billionaire CEO to describe ESG as "a scam". In a blog...

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