ESG is also a “Pay to Play” scheme. You better donate to Democrats and liberal causes or else your ESG score won’t be high enough. Also you better tow the Democrat party line or your score will be lowered. And the IRS, EPA, SEC, OSHA, and other Federal and State agencies (blue states) will use it as a basis for audits and inspections, and at times for filing civil and criminal charges.
The China dictator uses ESG via *smart* phones to block access to bank accounts, food, travel, going to work .. uses covid police to weld their apartment door shut, and ..