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The SEC Is Proposing Climate-Change Disclosures. What to Know.
Barron’s ^ | March 19, 2022 | By Lauren Foster

Posted on 03/20/2022 5:12:32 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

The Securities and Exchange Commission plans to raise the bar on companies and fund managers claiming to be environmentally friendly or sustainable with the release next week of its landmark climate-disclosure rule.

The proposed rule would require all U.S. publicly traded companies to disclose data on how climate-change risk could affect their businesses. Also there is now heightened scrutiny of greenwashing—when companies provide misleading information about how their products are more environmentally sound, or when funds deceptively claim to be sustainable.

Investors are clamoring for more information about risks associated with sustainable investing—often referred to as ESG, for the environmental, social, and corporate governance criteria used to evaluate companies—and demanding more accountability from companies beyond their core businesses.

(Excerpt) Read more at barrons.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: esg; globalwarming; hoax; propaganda; socialism

1 posted on 03/20/2022 5:12:32 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Climate change is about saving the planet the same way CoupFlu policy is about protecting public health.


2 posted on 03/20/2022 5:13:36 AM PDT by mewzilla (We need to repeal RCV wherever it's in use and go back to dumb voting machines.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Closest thing to Galt these days, financially, is mutual whole life insurance....But congress will come after that eventually too.


3 posted on 03/20/2022 5:14:38 AM PDT by Phinneous (By the way, there are Seven Laws for you too! Noahide.org)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

How about requiring disclosures about how conflict with China would effect the business/investment? That would be actually valuable.


4 posted on 03/20/2022 5:59:57 AM PDT by Ford4000
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Investors are clamoring for more information about risks associated with sustainable investing—often referred to as ESG, for the environmental, social, and corporate governance criteria used to evaluate companies—and demanding more accountability from companies beyond their core businesses.
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What a bunch of bunk. Investors want profit and returns. Thats what they care about. Most, aside from the leftists, don’t give a hoot about this ESG nonsense that’s been hoisted upon us by the leftist democrats. Where are the republicans pushing back on this back door green new deal crap? Soon, all oil, gas and fossil fuel companies, as well as those that don’t kow- tow to the left will be driven out of business if we let the SEC enforce this nonsense. Silence as usual from our side. Cutting the sec’s budget or inserting a rider preventing any funds be used for the enforcement of this crap would have been nice in that monstrous budget they just passed. Another reason to hate RINOs and the fake Republican Party leadership.


5 posted on 03/20/2022 6:04:36 AM PDT by Nicojones
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

the scam in high gear


6 posted on 03/20/2022 6:21:43 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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They’re Morons if they think they can change the weather and climate ,LOL


7 posted on 03/20/2022 7:06:54 AM PDT by butlerweave
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We can control the weather of the entire planet if you just do as we say??

Why aren’t they locked up in sanitariums in a rubber room? these people are batshit crazy


8 posted on 03/20/2022 8:37:54 AM PDT by eyeamok (founded in cynicism, wrapped in sarcasm)
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To: ronnie raygun

High gear, and now embedded. This is not going to get undone. These are now the rules and republicans do nothing if not play by the rules.


9 posted on 03/20/2022 8:43:49 AM PDT by TimSkalaBim
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To: mewzilla

In other words “Some of you’re expendable. Sorry about that. But I’ve got to go pick up my check.”


10 posted on 03/20/2022 10:22:16 AM PDT by lastchance (Credo.)
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