This is very silly: what does the scam have to due with running a company? How does it actually help stockholder? It’s just a doomsday cult attempting to force every asset of life comply with their dogma
The SEC votes this week on controversial climate change rule: Here’s what’s at stake
Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler on Wednesday will hold a vote on one of his most controversial proposals: a rule that would require corporate America to disclose material risks posed by climate change.
President Joe Biden said climate risk is an “existential threat” and that it posed a greater risk than nuclear war.
The climate disclosure rule was first proposed in March 2022. When it was proposed, Gensler said, “Today, investors representing literally tens of trillions of dollars support climate-related disclosures because they recognize that climate risks can pose significant financial risks to companies, and investors need reliable information about climate risks to make informed investment decisions.”
How many investors? What percent? Are they investing a significant amount?
“Today’s proposal would help issuers more efficiently and effectively disclose these risks and meet investor demand, as many issuers already seek to do,” he added.
The final proposal has not yet been released.
How much will it cost? And we do we not have the final proposal when the plan is to vote on it today?
When the initial proposal was made in 2022, it would have required disclosure in three categories: Scope 1, which is direct emissions the company produces through its sources; Scope 2, which is indirect emissions, such as from generation of energy; and Scope 3, which is emissions from their supply chains and users of their products.
The Scope 3 disclosure requirements have drawn strong criticism from many corporations, who claim the regulations are too burdensome. Reuters has reported that the Scope 3 disclosure requirements will be dropped in the final proposal, and that parts of the Scope 1 and 2 disclosure requirements have been softened.
This is absurd. Indirect? That’s difficult to know, and a time waster, even more than the direct. Scope 3 is even more idiotic. This is just more creeping government socialism (the very definition of Socialism in Political Science 101 is that the government is heavily involved in every facet of the economy, up to and including owning the means of production. There are 2 other components, the Political and the Personal, but, the Economic is the driver) , more of government dictating how companies operate and forcing them to operate in certain ways.
Still, parts of the proposed rule, particularly Scope 3, is facing considerable opposition from the business community, which argues that there is too much disclosure required, and from Republicans who claim that it is another example of government overreach and a backdoor means to push a climate change agenda.
Depending on the scope of the final disclosure requirements, the SEC may face an avalanche of litigation from corporate America.
The rule is probably going to pass, so, expect lots of lawsuits.
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