U.S. Securities Regulator Lists April for Climate Rule Action January 13, 2023 By Ross Kerber The top U.S. securities regulator has cited April as the release date for a long-anticipated rule on companies’ climate-related disclosures,...
Texas Republicans, Financial Executives Spar Over Climate Actions December 16, 2022 By Ross Kerber Financial executives and Texas state senators clashed over company concerns for climate change at a hearing on Thursday, a rare...
Corporate America Looks for Leeway on U.S. Climate Disclosures June 22, 2022 By Katanga Johnson and Ross Kerber Business associations for top U.S.-listed companies have pushed back against a landmark proposal by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)...
Gunmaker Shareholders Back Human Rights Impact Reporting Resolution June 2, 2022 By Ross Kerber A majority of shareholders of gunmaker Sturm Ruger & Co. voted in favor of a shareholder resolution calling for a...
SEC to Unveil Rule to Crackdown on Funds ESG ‘Greenwashing’ May 25, 2022 By Katanga Johnson and Ross Kerber The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday will propose rule changes aimed at stamping out unfounded claims by...
Tesla Cut From S&P 500 ESG Index, and Elon Musk Tweets His Fury May 19, 2022 By Ross Kerber An S&P Dow Jones Indices executive told Reuters on Wednesday it has removed electric carmaker Tesla Inc. from the widely...
Goldman Sachs Vows to Push Directors for More Climate Disclosure March 28, 2022 By Ross Kerber Goldman Sachs’ big asset-management arm will take a harder line in voting on directors at companies that do not disclose...
Investors Say U.S. SEC Climate Disclosure Rule to Clarify ‘Mixed Bag’ of Data March 22, 2022 By Ross Kerber Investors, including several who run environmentally focused funds, welcomed the U.S. government’s proposed new rule on corporate disclosure of climate-related...
Insurers to Hike Private Market Investments; Environmental Focus Grows: BlackRock November 15, 2021 By Simon Jessop and Ross Kerber GLASGOW / NEW YORK – Insurers plan to increase their allocations to private markets to 14% from 11% over the...
Business Execs Optimistic COP26 Will Bring Changes Needed to Tackle Climate Change November 8, 2021 By Ross Kerber and Simon Jessop A week into the United Nations’ high-profile climate conference in Glasgow, executives and financial analysts said they are optimistic the...