SEC proposal would make companies’ carbon emissions transparent to consumers and investors
This would give investors the ability to support companies — or hold them accountable — based on their environmental records.
By Lynnea Domienik
SEC proposal would make companies’ carbon emissions transparent to consumers and investors
This would give investors the ability to support companies — or hold them accountable — based on their environmental records.
By Lynnea DomienikThe Securities and Exchange Commission’s climate proposal comes as the Chicago city council bans investing city finances into fossil fuel companies. These are proactive examples of climate finance that aim to give investors more choice in where to invest, and to hold companies with high carbon emissions accountable to consumers.
Reset checks in with an asset manager, the city of Chicago treasurer and our Reset Sustainability contributor to understand more about what this means for consumers and investors.
GUESTS: Mamadou-Abou Sarr, president, co-founder V-Square Quantitative Management
Melissa Conyears-Ervin, city of Chicago treasurer
Karen Weigert, director of Loyola University Chicago’s Baumhart Center for Social Enterprise and Responsibility