Project 2025’s Threats to ESG Mount in Campaign’s Home Stretch

Project 2025, the broad conservative roadmap for reshaping the US government and civic life under a possible Trump administration, offers detailed suggestions to suppress environmental, social, and governance initiatives, including diversity programs.

The book that houses all the ideas of Project 2025, named “Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise,” mentions the term “ESG” 32 times while diversity, equity, and inclusion—or DEI—gets 35 direct mentions.

Unraveling ESG would cap off a yearslong effort by conservatives to curtail corporate sustainability practices and diversity programs. ESG revolves around socially conscious business policies—like mitigating environmental damage, having a diverse ...