8/1/22, 9:59 AM The No. 1 ESG issue for Americans isn't climate change
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The No. 1 ESG issue for Americans isn't climate change. It's
workers
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Uber ranked No. 41 on the 2022 JUST 100 list of America's top ESG companies, but it
received a less honorable mention: Just Capital took the unusual step of denying Uber an
official JUST 100 seal due to concerns over gig economy workers.
While much of the public and many investors associate ESG foremost with climate and
the environment, research nonprofit Just Capital's annual public polling shows treatment
of workers to be the No. 1 issue for Americans.
Corporate use of contingent workers goes far beyond gig workers: the top JUST 100
company, Alphabet, employed more contingent workers than company staff for the first
time in 2018 and that continues to attract scrutiny.
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