SEC Acting Chair Directs Staff to Enhance Focus on Climate-Related Disclosure
By EsqSocial Corporation 25/02/21
On February 24, 2021, Acting Chair of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Allison Herren Lee, announced that the agency will be focusing on public companies’ climate change disclosures as part of an effort to both assess current compliance with federal securities laws and develop new disclosure requirements for climate change. Specifically, she stated that she has directed the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance “to enhance its focus on climate-related disclosure in public...
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