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  • Most SEC-regulated entities fail to self-assess diversity policies

    03 May 2022

  • SEC climate rules are evolution, not revolution - Gensler

    13 April 2022

    The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)'s proposed climate disclosure rules fit the agency's mandate and conform to its "long tradition"...

  • Comment: Do the SEC's climate rules go far enough?

    22 March 2022

    Investors heralded US climate disclosure rules - but in which areas could they go further, asks Michael Hurley

  • SEC unveils climate disclosure rules in landmark moment

    22 March 2022

    The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has published rules for climate risk disclosures that require information on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through companies' entire value chains and require independent verification, in a landmark moment for financial markets.

  • SEC and climate disclosures: what investors want

    18 March 2022

    The SEC is releasing proposed climate disclosure rules on Monday. The largest US investors want varying levels of climate information, consultation responses reveal. Michael Hurley reports

  • SEC climate rules 'likely to spur legal action'

    16 March 2022

    Climate disclosure rules set to be decided next week by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will most likely spark legal action against the agency, according to the president of the US Impact Investing Alliance.

  • SEC to vote on climate risk disclosure rules

    11 March 2022

    The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will decide on the adoption of rules for disclosure of climate-related risk information on 21 March, it has revealed.

  • Credit rating agencies must better disclose ESG, says SEC

    02 February 2022

    Credit rating agencies need to better disclose environmental, social and governance (ESG) credit analysis, warned the US Securities and Exchange Commission...

  • SEC commissioner: Net-zero strategies a rabbit hole

    15 December 2021

    The ways that companies will achieve their "rabbit hole" net-zero pledges and the metrics used to disclose progress towards the goals are unclear, a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) commissioner has said

  • US SEC amendment to deliver 'proxy access on steroids' for shareholders

    19 November 2021

    The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has amended existing rules around shareholders putting forward 'dissident' board members...