Gensler Lags Predecessors in SEC Rulemaking as ESG Plans Linger

The SEC under Chair Gary Gensler is issuing regulations at its slowest pace in decades for a new presidential administration, risking leaving climate disclosure rules and other planned ESG reporting priorities unfinished.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has adopted only 22 rules since Gensler became the agency’s leader in April 2021, according to a Bloomberg Law analysis. The tally was higher at the same point for the first SEC chairs of every administration since at least George W. Bush’s presidency, though Gensler is closing the gap.

Gensler has less than a year and a half before Republicans could take control ...