Die obligatorische Klimaoffenlegung soll auf unbestimmte Zeit ausgesetzt werden, sagen die Regulierungsbehörden
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-mandatory-climate-disclosure-securities-regulators-osc-esg/
Die obligatorische Klimaoffenlegung soll auf unbestimmte Zeit ausgesetzt werden, sagen die Regulierungsbehörden
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-mandatory-climate-disclosure-securities-regulators-osc-esg/
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Such BS. Sounds like they’re only not doing it because of the US. And if so, it means it’ll never happen because we’re stuck with Trump for 3 more years.
> Canada’s securities commissions are not ready to restart work on making climate-related disclosures mandatory for public companies, saying the heightened geopolitical and market risks that prompted the halt remain.
> Many of the country’s large companies have exposure to the United States, where the federal and many state governments have become hostile to the use of environmental, social and governance factors in business.
> Regulators also want to test the assertion that mandating climate-centred reporting will help companies get access to additional pools of capital outside North America, where such reporting is increasingly required, Mr. Vingoe said.
> Almost 40 countries representing 60 per cent of global gross domestic product have adopted or are preparing to adopt the international standards upon which the Canadian ones are based, said Wendy Berman, the CSSB’s chair.
So our only hope is if other countries make us do it.
Apropos of nothing, Jakarta, Indonesia just became the biggest city in the world. Followed closely by Dhaka, Bangladesh. Both have comparable populations to the entirety of Canada, and both are on sinking costal soil, with rising sea levels providing an existential threat.
Something to mull over as we here in the developed world neglect climate goals and double down on our fossil fuel industry.