Comment Letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission: Proposed Rule on The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors

20.500.12592/42j23q

Comment Letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission: Proposed Rule on The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors

21 Jun 2022

Summary Firm-specific greenhouse gas emissions, even if defined broadly, are not material information for investors because such firm-specific emissions would yield climate impacts effectively equal to zero. Accordingly, firm-specific emissions cannot affect the prospective returns to investment in that firm. Only under an assumption of government policies penalizing GHG emissions can such information be material, …
climate change economics investment energy policy securities and exchange commission environmental and energy economics biden administration

Authors

Benjamin Zycher

Published in
United States of America

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