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Dear John,

There’s only one week left to submit comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regarding their proposed rule that will require all publicly-traded companies to report on the financial risks that climate change poses to their businesses.

This rule will provide investors with much-needed information about companies’ climate-related financial risks in a reliable, consistent and comparable manner so they can make better, more-informed investment decisions that will protect retirement portfolios from climate-related financial risks. Standardizing corporate reporting on the financial risks of climate change is an essential part of the transition to a net zero economy.

Investors large and small are supporting this proposed rule and we’re encouraging everyone who wants the U.S. to act on climate-related financial riskto tell the SEC to require climate risk disclosures.

Email your supportive comment directly to the SEC: [email protected]

Subject Line: I support climate risk disclosures (S7-10-22)

I’m writing today to express my strong support for the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) proposed rule to require publicly-traded companies to disclose climate-related financial risk information (S7-10-22). Climate change is already impacting or is expected to impact nearly every facet of the U.S. and global economy, including energy production, infrastructure, agriculture, residential and commercial property, and product supply chains, as well as human health and labor productivity. Climate change poses major risks to companies and their investors, including physical risks to real assets due to increasing frequency and severity of extreme weather events and transition risks posed by changes in regulation, technology, and market preferences as we shift to a net zero economy. Investors need transparent information about climate-related investment risks. Thank you for proposing this rule, and I urge the SEC to finalize it as quickly as possible.

Send Your Comment to the SEC Today!

This is an historic moment! Ceres has been working for more than a decade to get the SEC to mandate corporate climate risk disclosure. Back in 2010, we successfully petitioned the SEC to release climate risk disclosure guidance that clarified what publicly-traded companies need to disclose to investors in terms of climate-related ‘material’ effects on business operations. This may be our only chance to require these companies to report on these risks. So please submit your supportive comment to the SEC before Friday, June 17.

Thank you for all you do to help us transform capital markets to reduce the worst financial impacts of the climate crisis.

With deep appreciation,

Steven M. Rothstein
Managing Director,
Ceres Accelerator for Sustainable Capital Markets
[email protected]
@stevenrothstein

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