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SEC to ditch climate disclosure rules

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2026  |  NEWS
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposes to scrap climate-related disclosure rules, saying they exceed its legal authority and impose unnecessary burdens on companies. The rules were first proposed in 2022 under the Biden administration. ...

Lobby group names and shames companies omitting shareholder resolutions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2026  |  NEWS
The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility has launched a public resource which names the companies that have declared their intention to unilaterally omit shareholder resolutions. The action is in response to the Securities and Exchange Commission's ...

Advocacy groups challenge SEC policy on shareholder proposals

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2026  |  NEWS
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is being sued over a new policy that gives companies "an effective rubber-stamp" to omit shareholder proposals in company proxy statements. As You Sow and the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility ...

Insurer sued for omitting shareholder proposal on climate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2026  |  NEWS
... two million policies have not been renewed since 2018, As You Sow referenced. Previously, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) would have served as a neutral arbiter in the shareholder proposal process, however the regulator has since abandoned ...

SEC criticises proxy adviser 'oligopoly,' urges AI use

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has slammed the oligopolistic nature of the proxy adviser industry and floated the potential for artificial intelligence (AI) to upend their stronghold. Brian Daly, the director of the SEC's division ...

Proposals against ESG, DEI to increase: Proxy advisor

MATT TOLEDO  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... in favor. Another change for organisations operating in the US is that new guidance from the Securities and Exchange Commission in Staff Legal Bulletin No. 14M (CF) has made it easier for boards to block shareholder proposals on the basis of micromanagement ...

DWS fined $43m for greenwashing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025  |  NEWS
... "unfounded" and said it "firmly rejects" them. At the same time, both regulators in Europe and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the US turned their attention to DWS. The asset manager settled a case brought by the SEC in 2023, paying $39.8 ...

SEC drops defence of climate disclosures rule

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... though it did not include Scope 3 emissions reporting or the need to assess supply chains. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted overnight on whether it would continue to defend the rule - which was implemented in March 2024 - in court ...

Google's DEI dump may tank ESG score

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... 2025. It reached this goal in 2022, ahead of schedule. However, Alphabet's recent annual US Securities and Exchange Commission filing did not include its previous commitment to make DEI "part of everything we do and to growing a workforce that is ...

Invesco Advisers pays $26m over false ESG claims

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
Invesco Advisers was charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) after it was found to have misled investors as to what proportion of its total assets were invested according to ESG principles. Invesco Advisers was charged with willfully ...
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