Incoming SEC Chairman Likely To Push For More ESG Disclosure
By EsqSocial Corporation 19/01/21
In a recent post, we examined the growing clash within the SEC over whether to mandate and standardize disclosure by public companies of business impacts and risks associated with Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) concerns. Some at the SEC pushed for more standardized, comparable, and reliable disclosure of issuers’ exposure ESG risks. Others, including former Chairman Jay Powell, pushed back, arguing that current disclosure rules, which already require companies to disclose...
By: Foley Hoag LLP - Energy and Cleantech Counsel