April 12, 2022 /3BL Media/ - U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler joined Ceres today in a live virtual meeting with investors and companies and other sustainability advocates to discuss the SEC’s new proposed rule, Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors. In his comments, Chair Gensler urged investors, companies and the public to make their voices heard in shaping the final rule.

“如今，代表数万亿美元管理资产的投资者正在寻求一致，可比的气候信息。”SEC主席Gary Gensler。“We will consider all comments in determining whether and how to adjust the proposed rule as we move forward. We want to hear from both issuers and investors—of all sizes—and from all corners of the US. We look forward to your comments.”

Today’s webinar comes weeks after the SEC put forth a proposed rule which would require climate disclosures from all public companies registered in the U.S. Climate is a systemic financial risk that applies to all companies. For years, investors have been calling for more comprehensive information from corporations that would help investors make more insightful investment decisions. The proposed rule from the SEC is in response to that investor demand.

广泛的投资者和一些公司支持标准化的报告，因为它可以确保金融市场可以适当地定价并采取气候变化的物理和过渡风险和机会。数十年来，谷神星与美国和世界各地的投资者以及拥有数十万亿美元的资产，一直在倡导标准化的，强制性的公司气候披露。2010年，SEC对CERES投资者网络中投资者提出的请愿书发布了解释性指南。2020年，CERES可持续资本市场加速器发布了一份报告，将气候作为系统风险：美国金融监管机构的行动呼吁，outlining the systemic risks of climate change and calling on the SEC to mandate climate risk disclosure, among some 50 other regulatory action steps for federal financial regulators.

而且，在2021年，在投资者议程的创始伙伴组织的声明中, 733 investors with $52 trillion in assets issued the strongest-ever investor call for governments to implement mandatory climate disclosure requirements, writing that: “as owners of (or those representing owners of) companies, we need access to adequate information on how these companies are assessing and managing the risks and opportunities presented by climate change. Government policy has a critical role to play in increasing our access to and affirmative disclosure of such information.”

“Climate risk is no longer a future issue. The financial risks facing companies and their shareholders from climate risk exist today. They are here and costing billions of dollars in damages from floods, wildfires, droughts,” saidCeres President and CEO Mindy Lubber。“ SEC的拟议规则是确定这些风险的关键步骤。我们要求您参与规则制定过程，并帮助制定最终规则，最强大的规则。”

Rev. Kirsten Spalding, Senior Program Director of the Investor Network at Ceres also moderated a discussion between Joseph Amato, Chief Information Officer, Neuberger Berman; Anne Simpson, Global Head of Sustainability, Franklin Templeton; Cynthia Curtis, Senior Vice President of Sustainability, JLL; Joe Allanson, Finance Executive Vice President of ESG, Salesforce and Renee Jones, SEC Director of the Division of Corporate Finance.

SEC提议的规则的评论期一直持续到2022年5月20日。

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Ceres is a nonprofit organization working with the most influential capital market leaders to solve the world’s greatest sustainability challenges. The Ceres Accelerator for Sustainable Capital Markets is a center within Ceres that aims to transform the practices and policies that govern capital markets in order to reduce the worst financial impacts of the climate crisis. It spurs action on climate change as a systemic financial risk—driving the large-scale behavior and systems change needed to achieve a net zero emissions economy. For more information, visitceres.org和Ceres.org/accelerator和follow@ceresnews。

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