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XBRL US submitted a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in response to their request for comment on Data Collection for Analytics and Surveillance and Market-Based Rate Purposes. The focus of the XBRL US letter was on the section in the proposal that market-based rate sellers provide utility identifiers for certain upstream affiliates […more]
SEC Commissioner Allison Herren Lee’s speech, Living in a Material World: Myths and Misconceptions about “Materiality”, addressed, among other topics, the importance of the investor in determining what is “material” and should be disclosed, including ESG-related data. The commissioner’s talk concluded with these remarks: “We must not operate under the false assumption that the securities laws […more]
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The White House published an Executive Order on Climate-Related Financial Risk, which addressed the plan to establish “…within 120 days of the date of this order, a comprehensive, Government-wide strategy regarding: (a) the measurement, assessment, mitigation, and disclosure of climate-related financial risk to Federal Government programs, assets, and liabilities in order to increase the long-term […more]
The Financial Transparency Act (FTA) was reintroduced to the 117th Congress by co-sponsors, Representatives Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and Patrick McHenry (R-NC) as H.R. 2989. If passed, the FTA will improve government operating efficiency by streamlining regulatory reporting. It calls for eight financial regulatory agencies of the U.S. Financial Oversight Council (FSOC) to adopt and apply […more]
On April 27, 2021, the Securities and Exchange Commission published their proposed collection and comment request on the existing collection of information from Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations (NRSRO) to the Federal Register. NRSROs are required to disclose credit rating histories in XBRL format using the SEC’s Record of Credit Ratings Taxonomy. Comments are due […more]
On April 21, 2021, the European Commission adopted a package of sustainability-related measures including its proposal for a Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) which aims to make corporate reporting of sustainability measures more consistent, comparable and reliable. The CSRD, as proposed, will require the use of Inline XBRL for the reporting of environmental, social and […more]
On April 21, 2021, U.S. Treasury published remarks given by Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen to the Institute of International Finance regarding climate-related issues. In her speech, Secretary Yellen lays out Treasury’s “whole-of-government” approach to climate change, and points out the importance of ESG disclosures as follows: “This brings me to our initiatives to […more]
Attend May 12 webinar for review of data quality trends, plus insights into draft ruleset The XBRL US Data Quality Committee (DQC) has published its 15th Ruleset for a 45-day public review and comment period, which closes on June 2, 2021. This latest draft ruleset contains eight rules specific to US GAAP filers, and one […more]
Gary Gensler has been confirmed by the Senate to lead the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as Chair. Commissioners of the SEC published a short statement congratulating him on the confirmation.
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