SEC提出有关3月21日强制性气候变化披露的规则

According to media reports, the SEC has announced that it will "propose rules mandating disclosure from publicly traded companies about climate change and associated risks" on March 21st.

这是一个备受期待的发展；预计SEC将在几个月内提出此类规则，这些法规被认为是拜登政府气候议程的核心。一旦提出的规则可供审查，就可以更好地评估此类法规对美国公司的影响。

Nonetheless, the very fact that the SEC will propose such rules concerning mandatory climate disclosures is itself highly significant. The SEC is taking action to advance a climate regulatory agenda through the financial markets that has been stymied elsewhere in the administrative state. Further, the SEC is now taking steps to bring the United States into parity with other advanced economies, many of which--particularly in Europe--are also using financial disclosures to advance regulations designed to address the issue of global climate change.

但是，我们还应该期望这些新规则将从公告开始时受到法律挑战。此外，是否最终执行这些拟议的规则可能取决于拜登政府的政治命运。3月21日的公告将只是一个漫长而复杂的过程中的第一步。

The Securities and Exchange Commission plans to propose rules mandating disclosure from publicly traded companies about climate change and associated risks in a meeting on March 21, the agency said Thursday.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/sec-plans-to-propose-climate-change-d...