The Heritage Foundation: Truist, Reject Brand Misalignment

At Truist's annual meeting, the company faced a shareholder proposal from the Heritage Foundation via its Free Enterprise Initiative over brand politicization. Stefan Padfield presented for Heritage, urging the company to choose political neutrality in key areas, including charitable policies.

"While our nation has come to realize that nice-sounding phrases like “diversity, equity, and inclusion” apparently routinely mean discrimination in practice, Truist has unfortunately been associated with such initiatives. Truist scores 100 on the HRC’s CEI. And while the green energy transition has arguably been exposed as a utopian endeavor that leaves Americans poorer and vulnerable to foreign adversaries, Truist apparently maintains commitments furthering that agenda."

Learn more about Heritage's Free Enterprise Initiative here.

David Bahnsen: The Moral Roots of Dividend Growth Investing

Tuesday, May 19

Jerry Bowyer: On the Death of Charlie Kirk, My Last "Sermon" in the Episcopal Church

Tuesday, May 19

Tebow’s Joel Chakra: Why Christians Should Dominate Tech

Tuesday, May 19