In sharp contrast with their anti-ESG/DEI rhetoric, state officials remain silent on millions of dollars flowing to “woke” Mercer
Despite persistent “anti-woke” messaging coming from Governor Ron DeSantis, Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis, and many of Florida’s most powerful Republican elected officials, the state agencies under their control have engaged in dozens of contracts with Mercer, a consulting group that isn’t bashful about its corporate alignment with diversity, equity, and inclusivity (DEI) initiatives and environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) principles.
Mercer, despite its affinity for DEI and ESG principles, it turns out, is firmly woven into the very fabric of Florida’s state government, and nobody in state government wants to acknowledge it. Several state agencies, including the D...
