(IntegrityPress.org) – One radical leftist organization, using climate justice as its ostensible raison d’etre (reason for being), is being tasked by House Republicans to deliver internal communications as well as asking a top staffer to sit for an interview. The request followed a failure of the organization to comply with a previous subpoena.
Ceres is not just a dwarf planet between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. It’s also a major climate advocacy organization boasting tens of trillions in assets amongst its membership. The organization has come under scrutiny by Congressional investigators over a $68 trillion program that uses companies to pressure regulators to adopt their environmental policy proposals.
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) is chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and he signed letters sent on Friday, July 12 addressed to Ceres employee Andrew Logan as well as the lawyer for the organization, Matthew Miller. In his letters, Jordan alleges violations of antitrust law and highlights repeated failures to comply with federal subpoenas.
Jordan also wants Logan to sit for a transcribed interview with Congress. He said in his letter that he’s very curious as to the extent which Ceres promoted ESG(Environmental Social Governance)-related goals as well as what other organizations and individuals they are colluding with regarding Climate Action 100+, a program pushed by Ceres designed to influence federal policy.
Jordan said they were seeking materials from the company’s investor portal which they’ve so far consistently refused to provide.
The Ceres Investor Network boasts over “220 institutional investors with $44 trillion in assets” who lean left when it comes to global environmental policy.
Ceres was outed by a conservative press report from January which revealed internal documents showing that the organization was coordinating with its partners to push for a rule-change at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Critics said that the rule-change was an overreach and Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) told the SEC to ditch the proposed rule-change due to conflicts of interest and legal issues.
Ceres spokeswoman Sara Sciammacco said that her organization plans to “cooperate” with the government requests for more information.
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