NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO • March 20, 2022
How much do companies contribute to climate change and how are they impacted by it? Those questions are at the heart of a major announcement expected on Monday from the Securities and Exchange Commission. The country's top financial regulator is expected to propose new disclosure rules that would require companies to report their contributions to greenhouse gas emissions as well as how climate change might affect their businesses. It's part of a global push by regulators to acknowledge climate change as a risk to their economies and their financial systems.