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• SEC adopts watered down climate rule in landmark moment

  06 March 2024

  The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved a landmark rule on climate-related disclosures, although it watered down elements of it, including no longer requiring disclosures on Scope 3 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

• SEC risks becoming 'global police' on ESG, commissioner says

  17 May 2023

  Companies outside the US are increasingly likely to be prosecuted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for misleading or incomplete sustainability-related disclosures - risking making the US regulator the "global police" on ESG, an SEC commissioner has argued.

• SEC adopts rule to boost transparency of proxy votes

  03 November 2022

  The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has adopted a rule that it says will improve the availability and comparability of information on investors' proxy votes.