Allison Herren Lee

Rubio to SEC: How Will “ESG” Rules Apply to Doing Business with Communist China?

U.S. Senator Marco Rubio sent a letter to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler and Commissioner Allison Herren Lee regarding the impact of the SEC’s agenda on so-called environmental, social, and governance (ESG) metrics, and whether those same standards would apply to companies based or operating in the People’s Republic of China (PRC).

2021-10-29T11:56:09-04:00October 7th, 2021|News|

Engine No. 1 is all talk, no strategy with Exxon Mobil

U.S. Senator Marco Rubio sent a letter to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler and Commissioner Allison Herren Lee regarding the impact of the SEC’s agenda on so-called environmental, social, and governance (ESG) metrics, and whether those same standards would apply to companies based or operating in the People’s Republic of China (PRC).

2021-10-29T12:42:34-04:00August 16th, 2021|News|

The SEC Demands a One-Size-Fits-All Climate ‘Risk’ Disclosure System

Modesty is not a defining characteristic for numerous policy-makers in Washington, among them regulators asserting that climate “risks” are significant for individual firms and economic sectors — precisely how do they know? — and that, therefore, they must be reported so that investors can have more rather than less information. Allison Herren Lee, the acting Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, argued recently as follows: Investors are demanding more and better information on climate and ESG, and that demand is not being met by the current voluntary framework.

2021-10-29T12:12:30-04:00April 30th, 2021|News|
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