Antitrust Watch Outs For Nonprofits In ESG Activities

As business and community interest in environmental, social, and governance (ESG) efforts continues, nonprofit organizations play a crucial role in defining, coordinating, and advancing ESG initiatives.

 Nonprofit organizations may be involved as thought leaders on ESG-focused issues or may coordinate ESG efforts among industry participants. At the same time, however, ESG efforts are facing a political backlash mainly, but not exclusively, from the right, as evidenced by the recent letter from the House Judiciary Committee to a sustainability nonprofit, questioning whether the organization "facilitated corporate collusion to promote ESG-related goals."

 All of this coincides with a robust and sustained interest in antitrust issues and enforcement,