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When Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema announced her departure from the Democratic Party and registration as an independent, it opened the door for a lot of questions. The #1 question on the Democratic parties mind? “What does this mean for the next Democratic nominee?”

ROKK co-founder and partner Rodell Mollineau took to the Washington Post to shed some light on what Sinema’s party change could mean for the future of independents and incumbents. Read his thoughts here.

In this FOX News segment, ROKK Solutions Partner Kristen Hawn and Republican strategist Colin Reed provide an analysis of the FTX collapse and the costly donations Sam Bankman-Fried made to the Democratic Party. Watch the replay here.

There is a new in-depth poll out on ESG investing, and just two things seem clear: most people don’t fully understand what environmental, social, and governance investing is and most are willing to give businesses the benefit of the doubt on what to do rather than OK government efforts to crack down on the new practice. But those trends are changing fast as Republicans get closer to controlling the House, and Wall Street is being forced to figure out the path that serves stockholders and the product-using public.

ROKK Solutions and Penn State’s Center for the Business of Sustainability partnered to survey 1,261 registered voters on ESG. They found that “hearings, legislation, lawsuits, and other forms of oversight are all on the Republican agenda, but companies have a small window to educate stakeholders on support for ESG and define it before it is defined for them.”

Read more about our groundbreaking study “Navigating ESG In The New Congress,” as reported by the Washington Examiner here.

On December 9, 2022, U.S. Senator Kyrsten Sinema from Arizona announced that she had left the Democratic Party and is now a registered Independent. For committee assignments, Sinema intends to caucus with the Democratic party – however she will no longer attend Democratic caucus meetings or events.

The big question on everyone’s mind is two-fold, “Why now?” and “What next?”. Although both the White House and leadership say this “won’t overly impact” Senate operations, many are wondering what this means for Sinema and the future of moderates.

In this Axios article, ROKK Senior Vice President John LaBombard discusses why he believes Sinema made this change and what’s next for the Senator from Arizona.

Republicans’ crusade against sustainable investing strategies isn’t resonating with voters — not even Republican ones.

ROKK Solutions and Penn State’s Center for the Business of Sustainability partnered to survey 1,261 registered voters on ESG. They found that voters feel that companies should generally be able to conduct business and take ESG risks into account without government interference.

Read more about our groundbreaking study “Navigating ESG In The New Congress,” as reported by Politico here.

With a slim majority in the U.S. House of Representatives in their pockets, Republican members of Congress can make good on their promise to hold public hearings on “woke” capitalism. The apparent aim is to lay the groundwork for new federal legislation that obstructs ESG (environment, social, governance) investing.

ROKK Solutions and Penn State University’s Center for the Business of Sustainability recently surveyed 1,261 voters and found that House Republicans stand a good chance of facing bipartisan pushback to their promise of holding public hearings.

Read more about the groundbreaking study “Navigating ESG In The New Congress,” as reported by Triple Pundit here, to get more on how ESG investigations in Congress can backfire.

With many Republican legislators already threatening to rein in “corporate wokeism” in 2023, a new study from ROKK Solutions and Penn State University’s Center for the Business of Sustainability finds that neither Democratic nor Republican voters are behind efforts to curb ESG initiatives.

Read more about the groundbreaking study “Navigating ESG In The New Congress,” as reported by O’Dwyer’s here.

ROKK Solutions and Penn State’s Center for the Business of Sustainability partnered to survey 1,261 registered voters on ESG and found that voters feel companies should generally be able to conduct business and take ESG risks into account without government interference.

The report comes at a key moment in the battle over ESG. The wave of attacks from red states is only expected to grow as Republicans prepare to take over the House in the new year — and as the anti-ESG movement gets an influx of cash.

Read more about our groundbreaking study “Navigating ESG In The New Congress,” as reported by Politico Pro here.

The rise of an anti-ESG consensus at the highest levels of the Republican party has been one of the most striking shifts in the dysfunctional relationship between business and politics this year. ESG is also under fire from some on the left who see it as no substitute for costlier change. The question still remains: how popular are such attacks with voters?

ROKK Solutions and Penn State University’s Center for the Business of Sustainability surveyed 1,261 voters and had a key finding: “neither Republican nor Democratic voters support policymakers’ potential legislative efforts to curb ESG initiatives.”

Read more about the groundbreaking study “Navigating ESG In The New Congress,” as reported by Financial Times here.

In this PR News list, PR pros look to 2023 and most anticipate PR continuing its ascension in importance. ROKK Solutions Managing Director Lindsay Singleton’s just-released report “Navigating ESG in the New Congress” is featured and she points to her research with Penn State’s Center for the Business of Sustainability to highlight what to look out for in 2023 with a divided government in town.

Read more about our groundbreaking report “Navigating ESG in the New Congress,” as reported by PR News here.