Items tagged with "climate"

SEC Final Rule on Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published the final rule on The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors which requires electronic (XBRL) tagging of certain climate-related disclosures. Requirements include the reporting of narrative climate-related disclosures including material risks, mitigation, oversight, and targets, for all companies. Reporting of scopes 1 and 2 greenhouse gas […more]


XBRL US Publishes California: Digital First Climate Data

XBRL US has developed a paper and supporting fact sheet on the importance of data standards to support sustainability reporting. The paper focuses on California climate bills SB 253 and SB 261 which require companies over a certain revenue threshold that do business in the State of California to report greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and […more]


California: Digital First Climate Data

To meet the goals of climate initiatives worldwide requires governments to understand the impact of industry on the environment. This can only be accomplished through standardized, digital data that is concretely understood, timely, and consistently prepared to foster a shared understanding of the current state of climate risk and to monitor changes going forward.


SEC Chair Gensler Remarks on Climate and Global Financial Markets

The Securities and Exchange Commission published Chair Gary Gensler’s remarks given during the Principles for Responsible Investment “Climate and Global Financial Markets” webinar. His remarks provide some insight into what we might expect from the climate disclosure rule proposal that the SEC has indicated they will be publishing in October. Highlights from the speech that […more]