Sarah Harte: Corporate world's move away from 'woke capitalism' may come back to bite it

Against a marked backdrop of a rise in homophobia and transphobia, there must be an emotional benefit to companies messaging to employees 'We stand with you'

Elon Musk has called ESG a 'scam' perpetrated by 'phoney social justice warriors', but as Musk has just suggested 'a literal dick-measuring contest' with Mark Zuckerberg, let’s ignore his pearls of wisdom. Picture: Ludovic Marin/ Pool Photo via AP

‘A failure of corporate governance’ seems to be the consensus of the shenanigans at RTÉ. It’s one of those exceptionally boring sentences that makes the eyes glaze over. Let’s be honest, people really want to know ‘who dunnit’, and are they for the high jump?

In a broader context, environmental, social, and governance (ESG), or what American Republicans pejoratively call "woke capitalism" has been in the news, both at home and away.