We’re delighted to see the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) incorporate a number of the DQC data quality rules in the revised EDGAR Filer Manual (Volume II), with an implementation date of 22 March 2021.
On 24 February, SEC Acting Chair Allison Herren Lee released a ‘Statement on the Review of Climate-Related Disclosure’ in which she directed the Division of Corporation Finance to “enhance its focus on climate-related disclosure in public company filings.”
Will the US be part of emerging consistent global sustainability standards? Remarks by John Coates, recently named acting director of the Division of Corporation Finance at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), suggests that the answer might be yes, with the agency ready to play a leading role in the development of the new Sustainability Standards Board […]
For anyone interested in XBRL information filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), our colleagues stateside have released a highly useful new tool, with accompanying guidance.
In a further step in extending its Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) activities and mandate under the Biden administration, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has named Satyam Khanna as Senior Policy Advisor for Climate and ESG.
In more news from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), on 3 February the Commission posted a new rule on electronic submissions to its EDGAR system in the Federal Register.
The Biden administration has nominated Gary Gensler to chair the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), signalling a return to tougher regulation and enforcement for the agency.
It’s been a busy week for our colleagues in the US. XBRL US has submitted a letter to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) planning exercise on Strategic Goals and Priorities, urging it to consider how data standards would enhance the current Electronic Data Municipal Markets Access (EMMA) data collection and dissemination process. XBRL US expressed […]
In December 2020, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted new rules on resource extraction payment disclosure, which require XBRL-based reporting for the first time. The rules require public companies involved in extractive industries to report annually on payments made both to the US Federal government and to foreign governments for the purpose of […]
In other sustainability standards news, the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) Asset Management Advisory Committee recently published its recommendations on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) disclosure.
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