Posted on 02/10/2026 6:27:00 AM PST by SunkenCiv
Inspire Investing CEO Robert Netzly and CFA Tim Schwarzenberger speak exclusively to Fox News Digital about their shareholder proposals for 2026 and the 'real, tangible change' they're hoping for.
CULTURE CHECK: Shareholder revolt targets 38 major companies tied to culture wars | 4:30
Fox Business | 3.28M subscribers | 61,580 views | February 7, 2026
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TranscriptWe're seeing these chickens coming home to roost. The things that we've been warning about and saying that, you know, these social issues, the social activism on behalf of these companies comes with real material financial risk for shareholders is being proven true.
Hi, my name is Robert Netsley. I'm the CEO of Inspire Investing. We are the world's largest provider of Christian ETFs. Our goal here is to help people invest the hell out of their money, literally and figuratively, managing over four and a quarter billion dollars of assets.
Tim Schwarzenberger, portfolio manager at Inspire Investing. I also head up our corporate engagement work where we influence companies on issues of importance to Christian investors. There are 38 resolutions, as you mentioned, that we're filing this year with some of the world's largest corporations on a variety of issues from diversity, equity, inclusion (DEI) issues to debanking to all sorts of abortion issues, issues of real concern in our society today for people with those conservative values.
And by God's grace, we've had a ton of successes over the years, growing numbers of successes. We're long-term investors. We're not activists. So, what we're asking companies to do is to return to neutrality. The purpose of these proposals is that we want companies to treat all their customers and employees fairly and to focus on their core business and to stay out of divisive political issues that could expose the company to customer backlash, legal and financial risk, etc.
We've seen repeatedly that when companies get involved in divisive political issues, that creates brand risk and customer backlash. So essentially, these proposals act as guardrails. That's really what we're working to do through our engagement efforts: help corporations get back to a place of neutrality, to stay out of contentious social issues, and really just focus on shareholder value and adequately representing the fiduciary duty that they do to derive value for shareholders instead of bringing in all these other risks that relate to social activism and political activism.
As you look at the cautionary tales of Bud Light, Disney, and Target, other companies are watching from the sidelines and taking their lessons. As we go into these boardrooms, shareholder meetings, and discuss with investment relations departments, we have truth on our side. I think the biggest success would be that we all forget the past ten years ever happened with corporate issues, that businesses just focus on their business, and people forget what DEI means because it's not even an issue in these corporate conversations.
What we're looking for is real tangible change. We're looking for companies to make specific policy changes, whether that's changing their code of conduct, their terms of service, or how they use corporate dollars to sponsor controversial events. A year from now, we'd like to see some real tangible results.
If the company ignores the proposals, we can still get them on the ballot. We can still rally the troops and work to vote those things through. It really does come down to the shareholders. For those companies that are opposed to even hearing the voice of their shareholders or even allowing things to go to a vote, they're opening themselves up to legislation risk for potential violation of the fiduciary duties.
They're opening themselves up to a lot of risks and really just brand backlash for being so tone-deaf when so obviously their shareholders are asking to stay out of these things. We have to put some teeth into our words and into our actions, and we need to vote with our dollars.
Quick read, bud light, disney, target have all lost sales do to wokeness, I’ll add McDonald’s, to the list of places I have boycotted. I add Zaxbys and the never ending commercials aimed at African Americans. THE NBA, NASCAR, and the NFL.
Quick read, bud light, disney, target have all lost sales do to wokeness, I’ll add McDonald’s, to the list of places I have boycotted. I add Zaxbys and the never ending commercials aimed at African Americans. THE NBA, NASCAR, and the NFL.
We have to put some teeth into our words and into our actions, and we need to vote with our dollars.
There is a lot of risk in the stock market, realizing that, I am looking toward more local investment. It has risks too, but risk can be managed.
“and the never ending commercials aimed at African Americans. THE NBA, NASCAR, and the NFL.”
No, they’re aimed at whites, trying to elevate the image of blacks in their eyes and reduce male whites to nonexistence.
you forgot Cracker Barrel
One of my new red flags just in watching vids is, the gratuitous and non-sequitur favorable mention of Bad Bunny’s Superbowl fiasco in streaming shows.
I don’t typically listen to entire podcasts of any kind, because so much of the talk is filler, but either the NFL threatened the sports media with loss of access if they don’t do boosterism for the BB halftime DEI, or the nitwits talking about it are irreparably fascist Demagogic Party demagogues. I expect that I won’t be listening even to the excerpts from ones I found a bit entertaining.
That goes for the financial snoozecasters.
“No, they’re aimed at whites, trying to elevate the image of blacks in their eyes and reduce male whites to nonexistence.”
You are on the right track.
Advertising is most effective on women since they are more comfortable with what they perceive as group/social norms and most lack the rationality to see through propaganda.
Getting white women to hate white men is what these ad campaigns are about....
Now—if you can figure out who might want white women to hate white men and why...
You will get banned from here by the witch burners.
“he never ending commercials aimed at African Americans.”
It’s pretty much every national brand at this point.
The only time I see a white person is for a drug commercial or the white person is doing something stupid.
Dick’s. I don’t shop there anymore.
When people invest in mutual funds, they give their shareholder vote away to some woke 30-something at the mutual fund company. Vanguard is one of the worst.
Crackerbarrel and Dicks, yep, i forgot. McDonald’s, home depot went lgbt also. .
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