S.E.C. Proposes to Kill Climate Change Disclosure Rule
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The SEC is proposing to rescind its climate disclosure rule, which would have required all public companies to report material climate-related risks. This removes a compliance overhang for fossil fuel producers and heavy emitters while undermining ESG-focused funds that priced in mandatory standardized data.
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Wrong ifA legal challenge or political reversal stalls the rollback; alternatively, ESG fund flows prove sticky regardless of mandatory disclosure, negating the pair's divergence thesis.
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