SEC Goalposts on Climate Disclosure Regulation Slide Into 2024

The SEC is increasingly expected to issue requirements for companies to report on their greenhouse gas emissions and other climate matters early next year, as prospects for a 2023 release dim.

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced Wednesday it will meet Dec. 13 to consider Treasury market rules and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board’s budget, but the climate rules were absent from the agenda. The climate regulations will almost certainly receive a public vote and the commission under Chair Gary Gensler usually holds public votes once a month. Gensler never has held more than one open meeting to ...