US - Pressure from pension funds has influenced the Senate Appropriations Committee to approve part of the Financial Services Bill which calls for better climate change disclosure by publicly traded companies.
The approval followed institutional investors' urging the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) to issue guidance to companies to asses and disclose their financial risk from climate change. Anne...
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