June 2022 Lunch & Learn - SEC Proposes Climate Related Disclosures

In what may be its most consequential release in recent memory, the SEC is proposing to address investors’ demand for information about climate-related risks by significantly expanding its existing disclosure rules. If finalized as proposed, public companies would provide substantially more information about their climate-related risks, plans to address those risks, and greenhouse gas emissions. Incrementally, the audited financial statements would include disclosure about the costs and financial impacts of climate-related events.