While, I am not onboard with leftist conspiracy theories, I find the defense of BlackRock a little odd:

"You have to force behaviors. At BlackRock, we are forcing behaviors." - Larry Fink, CEO of BlackRock.

I won't defend Fink's role in pushing the whole 2010s ESG mania, but they were ultimately toothless in that too, because they are a glorified custodian of funds...nothing more.