House Financial Services Committee Republicans have dubbed July “ESG Month,” and have
scheduled multiple ESG-focused hearings that are expected to culminate in a markup of ESG legislation
addressing proxy advisors, asset managers, disclosure requirements, and other issues.
A new Biden Administration report lays out "a roadmap for measuring, disclosing, managing, and mitigating climate-related financial risk across the economy” and follows an executive order regarding financial risk and climate change policy.
Retirement plan fiduciaries will be permitted to consider climate change/ESG factors when selecting plan investments and voting proxies under a new proposal by the Department of Labor.
In a 4-1 vote at Chair Gary Gensler’s first open meeting, the SEC proposed requiring institutional investment managers that are required to file Form 13F to report “say-on-pay” votes, which are non-binding shareholder votes related to corporate executive compensation.
SEC Chair Gary Gensler has issued a statement directing the SEC staff to consider whether the SEC should revisit the 2019 interpretation stating that proxy voting advice generally is a solicitation under the proxy rules.
The issues include sustainable investing, proxy voting, modernization of the Custody and Pay-to-Play Rules, e-delivery, investor testing of Form CRS, appropriate regulation of smaller advisers, and effective coordination with other regulators.
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