{"id":2183,"date":"2021-09-26T11:06:54","date_gmt":"2021-09-26T11:06:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.libertyenergy.com\/?p=2183"},"modified":"2022-12-06T21:31:10","modified_gmt":"2022-12-06T21:31:10","slug":"liberty-ceo-chris-wright-is-happy-to-talk-about-esg-and-electric-fracking-david-blackmon-forbes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libertyenergy.com\/liberty-ceo-chris-wright-is-happy-to-talk-about-esg-and-electric-fracking-david-blackmon-forbes\/","title":{"rendered":"Liberty CEO Chris Wright Is Happy To Talk About ESG And Electric Fracking &#8211; David Blackmon, Forbes"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"fs-headline speakable-headline font-base font-size\">Liberty CEO Chris Wright Is Happy To Talk About ESG And Electric Fracking<\/h1>\n<p>by David Blackmon, Forbes<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>One of the truly odd aspects about being a contributor for Forbes.com has been the fact that most CEOs and other senior executives in the oil and gas business won\u2019t talk on the record to me, a guy who spent his entire career in that same business. This is especially true related to their companies\u2019 efforts in the realm of ESG (Environment, Social and Governance), where they have received so much pressure to perform from investors and customers in recent years. If that seems like a missed opportunity to you, well, welcome to the party.<\/p>\n<p>One oil and gas CEO I did not have that problem with is Chris Wright, the CEO of\u00a0<a class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.libertyenergy.com\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.libertyenergy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.libertyenergy.com\/\" aria-label=\"Liberty Oilfield Services\">Liberty Oilfield Services<\/a>. He\u2019s so happy to talk about what his company is doing related to ESG and fracking that he actually sought me out. Talk about a different kind of senior executive, here he is.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/davidblackmon\/2021\/09\/26\/liberty-ceo-chris-wright-is-happy-to-talk-about-esg-and-electric-fracking\/?sh=78a32a31d86a&amp;fbclid=IwAR1AHqLTBxj95rS0cEhDjoaoxHSzyU6qJGzW5hqsAbCoPo-R9n0sLuSrcpg\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liberty CEO Chris Wright Is Happy To Talk About ESG And Electric Fracking by David Blackmon, Forbes &#8230; One of the truly odd aspects about being a contributor for Forbes.com has been the fact that most CEOs and other senior executives in the oil and gas business won\u2019t talk on the record to me, a&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"post_series":[],"class_list":["post-2183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-editorial","entry","no-media"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Liberty CEO Chris Wright Is Happy To Talk About ESG And Electric Fracking - David Blackmon, Forbes - Liberty Energy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/libertyenergy.com\/liberty-ceo-chris-wright-is-happy-to-talk-about-esg-and-electric-fracking-david-blackmon-forbes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Liberty CEO Chris Wright Is Happy To Talk About ESG And Electric Fracking - David Blackmon, Forbes - Liberty Energy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Liberty CEO Chris Wright Is Happy To Talk About ESG And Electric Fracking by David Blackmon, Forbes &#8230; 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