David - thanks for the detailed write-up! Much appreciated.
In other semi-related news this came out today:
(Link to Court Decision)
Wowza! This opens a huge floodgate for pensioners to sue if or when they feel they can prove their pension trustees were not making reasonable choices, as was definitely the case with ESG investing.
The judgment comes at the end of the month, so we don’t know yet how big the damages might be, but skimming through the filing it looks like the judges DENIED every single defendant motion and argument.