Tisha was invited to join host Maynard Holt and Tudor, Pickering, Holt experts Matt Portillo, Mike Bradley, and Colin Fenton on the C.O.B Tuesday podcast. They discussed The Gamechangers Playbook and the future of the industry. You can watch the video of the interview here, or download on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify and Stitcher.
For the last several years, BlackRock has set the pace for how investment firms will drive ESG performance at portfolio companies. (See our 2020 and 2021 notes on BlackRock.) Larry Fink’s letter to the CEOs of BlackRock’s portfolio companies in January made headlines for its focus on relationships with employees and pushback on divestiture.
In the oil and gas industry, we find ourselves describing public hostility to our work in black-and-white terms, such as “fight for our lives” and “energy wars.” These characterizations serve a purpose: They unite oil and gas workers, give us a sense of shared purpose, and mobilize us to serve as industry ambassadors to the world. But could this kind of black-and-white thinking — which seems to strengthen our collective identity — also lead us to our demise? Now that’s worthy of contemplation.
2021 ended with a whimper for the budget reconciliation package that Democrats had hoped to finish before the holidays. In this edition of Both True, I give you what to watch for regarding federal policy in 2022 — a year that begins with Democrats hoping to resuscitate their climate agenda and the midterm election season moving into full swing.
