Industry News: ESG

Labor Dept. Drops Biden-Era ESG Fiduciary Rule

Written by ESG | 2-Jun-2025 12:29:35 PM

2025-05-29

ESG Dive: The Biden administration’s Labor Department finalized the rule, “Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights,” in 2022, and it has been in effect since January 2023. At the time, the agency said the rule overturned guidance from the first Trump administration which had a “chilling effect” on fiduciaries. 

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