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  • US SEC shareholder vote proposal rights reset 'timely and necessary'

    05 November 2021

    The decision by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to rescind previous announcements limiting shareholder rights to propose resolutions...

  • SEC to consider mandatory ESG disclosures by end of 2021

    29 July 2021

    The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will consider a proposal this year to make ESG disclosures mandatory...

  • SEC's Gensler says investors should see data to back ESG fund claims

    08 July 2021

    US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chair Gary Gensler says he has asked the regulator to investigate whether to introduce rules requiring sustainability-themed funds to disclose the criteria and underlying data they use, to help investors judge fund claims.

  • SEC outlines 'critical steps' as ESG becomes 'front and centre' for regulator

    16 March 2021
  • SEC makes 'bold move' to review corporate climate change disclosures

    25 February 2021

    The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is to increase its focus on climate-related disclosure in public company filings, as it prepares its first update to guidance published in 2010.

  • How Biden could boost ESG in the US

    20 January 2021

    Donald Trump has left significant ESG policy holes to repair in the US for the administration of Joe Biden, reports Ahren Lester