Last month IPVM predicted that 'ESG hypocrisy' - when a company touts ethical behavior/progressive stances in the West, but ignores/is complicit in rights abuses in China - would be an important topic in Congress: New Congress Impact on PRC China Relations and the Security Industry.

Now Texas state legislator Rep. Tom Oliverson has introduced a resolution calling on the US Congress to investigate Blackrock's investments in Hikvision, citing ESG hypocrisy.

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