SEC Chief Seeks Consensus For Uniform Climate Disclosure ‘Regime’

The acting chair of the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) says her agency hopes to develop an international “baseline consensus” for a standardized global climate disclosure system, though the SEC and regulators in other countries may tailor their standards to local conditions. Officials should strive to create a “baseline consensus” internationally on as many issues as possible regarding disclosures, acting SEC Chairwoman Allison Herren Lee told a March 1 panel during the CERAWeek energy industry conference, even though “individual jurisdictions”...