May. 13, 2022
The SEC must PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT -- and PROTECT INVESTORS -- by requiring disclosure of climate information!!!!!!! I STRONGLY SUPPORT YOUR PROPOSED RULE to require publicly-traded companies to disclose climate-related financial risk information (S7-10-22)!!!!!!!!! CLIMATE CHAOS IS DISRUPTING EVERY PART OF THE WORLD -- AND EVERY SECTOR, INCLUDING ECONOMICS and public health!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Extreme weather and related climate-fueled disasters are accelerating!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! INVESTORS NEED TO KNOW WHICH COMPANIES ARE CAUSING PROBLEMS AND WHICH COMPANIES ARE ACTING SENSIBLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The promise of a stable financial system that can support the American economy is becoming more challenging to ensure, especially while investors and other market actors don’t have all the necessary information to make smart, climate- and community-forward investment decisions. I would like to see a sustainable American market that gives investors and other market actors the choice to support companies that try their best not to harm the environment, and those that actively try to address climate change and related issues. Other countries are already requiring these types of climate-related disclosures from companies, so it is time for the U.S. to step up and do the same. The environment and all that it provides us is priceless—we enjoy national and state parks that offer us inspiring views and exciting glances at wildlife, and the biodiversity found across this nation provides life-sustaining ecosystem services. With global average temperatures on the rise causing large losses in biodiversity, we are quickly losing all that is precious to us. We need transparent information about climate-related investment risks. Thank you for proposing this rule, and I urge the SEC to finalize it as quickly as possible. Glen Anderson