06
May
2019
Pressure Grows on SEC to Act on Climate Disclosure
Categories: Climate Change, Financial Services
These days it seems a U.S. official can mention climate change only when they’re outside the country. A case in point is William Hinman, who heads the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance and addressed climate risk at a conference in London.
Mr.
Hinman spoke about the disclosure of complex risks, and he mentioned climate
risk only briefly at the end of his remarks. It was just a few sentences, but
his words were the most anyone from the SEC has said in years on a topic of
growing importance to investors.
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