The Oklahoman: How Oklahoma treasurer is using state's tobacco trust to challenge Amazon, Netflix DEI policies
- The Oklahoman
- Mar 6
- 1 min read
Oklahoma Treasurer Todd Russ is taking his crusade against so-called woke investing from major banks and the state’s pension systems to the Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust, a $2 billion fund created by voters to address the health-care and human costs from smoking-related illnesses.
Russ used his position as chairman of the trust’s Board of Investors to invite a shareholder proxy advisory company to review the corporate policies of Amazon, Google parent company Alphabet and several other companies. Bowyer Research briefed TSET’s Board of Investors at a special meeting in November.
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