The spokesperson did not specifically address "forcing behaviors" nor how that delivers "long-term financial value." BlackRock and other large asset managers have led the Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) movement, which has pressured companies to adopt leftist positions, such as diversity requirements and climate change positions, they otherwise would not back. Breitbart News has cataloged just a few of the ways that BlackRock has leveraged proxy voting, using their significant stakes in publicly-listed companies to back these leftist positions: Vance has told Breitbart News ESG policies are a "massive racket to enrich Wall Street."