In Early Attack, Industry Calls Climate Procurement Rule ‘Novel And Costly’

December 28, 2022
Manufacturing groups in early comments on proposed requirements that federal contractors disclose a range of emissions and climate risk information are slamming the plan as “novel and costly,” saying it would unfairly impose mandates more burdensome than a high-profile climate disclosure rule for publicly traded companies. “The proposal would impose novel and costly requirements on thousands of companies supplying the government, as well as on businesses throughout those contractors’ value chains,” writes the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) in their...


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