The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is moving ahead quickly with an ambitious regulatory agenda that includes new disclosure requirements for public companies on climate-related risks; human capital; cybersecurity; and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives for investments.
The agency released its regulatory agenda for spring 2022 Wednesday, more than 50 proposed regulations that address a multitude of issues, from short selling to special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) to finalizing a number of regulations included in the Dodd-Frank Act that have yet to be codified 12 years since the law was enacted. But the agenda is also notable because many of the SEC’s most controversial rule changes are in the final stage, meaning they could be approved by the agency before the end of the year.
