The SEC is Proposing a Rule to Help You Make Informed Investment Decisions
by Ensuring Companies Share How They’re Affected by Climate Change

Tell the SEC to finalize the climate-related disclosures rule NOW!

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Dear NRDC Activist,

Climate change threatens the lives and livelihoods of people in every
region of the world. Climate change is also a critical economic and
financial challenge. Last year in the U.S. alone, extreme weather events
caused more than $145 billion in damages.

Businesses at risk include hundreds of major publicly traded companies.
And if you are an investor, climate change could be a major threat to the
value of your investments, now and for your future.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is proposing a rule that will
help investors make better informed decisions. The rule would require
publicly traded companies to provide investors and the public with
information about how they are affected by the financial risks of climate
change.

Companies will be required to disclose reliable, standardized information
about climate-related financial risks. That includes information on their
contributions to climate change from greenhouse gas emissions and how
climate change impacts (like storms and wildfires) put their businesses at
risk, and disclosure of their plans to address these financial risks.

The SEC is seeking comments on this proposed rule until June 17.

[ [link removed] ]So please write to the SEC in support of requiring companies to
disclose climate-related financial risks!

People put their hard-earned money into investments, from stocks to
retirement plans. But people often don't know enough about the companies
they invest in — and that includes how much those companies' financial
health is at risk because they're exposed to climate impacts or because
their emissions or activities contribute to climate change.

Some companies share climate risk data voluntarily, and some don't share
it at all. What data is available often isn't reliable or standardized.
This pattern of unreliable and incomplete information disclosure leaves
investors at high risk.

The SEC's proposed rule will provide the public with information about
companies' climate-related financial risks in a reliable, standardized
manner — so people can make the best investment decisions. The rule will
align the U.S. more closely with other countries that already require or
are planning to require similar climate-related disclosures from
businesses.

[ [link removed] ]Comment today to build up the
momentum for corporate transparency and reliability.

The SEC's proposal is an important first step for understanding and
managing our climate risk. The financial risks posed by climate change to
the public and the economy are real. We, as current and future investors,
deserve to have all the information we need to make decisions in the face
of climate impacts.

[ [link removed] ]Voice your support to get this rule across the finish line for
mandatory climate disclosures and protect investments! Make sure to submit
your comment before the June 17 deadline.

Thank you for your support.

Sincerely,

Sarah Dougherty
Director, Green Finance Center, Healthy People & Thriving Communities
Program, NRDC

The mission of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is to
safeguard the Earth: its people, its plants and animals, and the natural
systems on which all life depends.

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