The climate-related disclosure rule proposed by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will eventually pass but not before undergoing some changes, practitioners speaking at Compliance Week’s virtual ESG Summit predicted.

Implementation of the rule might also be delayed if companies and trade groups follow through on threats to block it with litigation.

Aaron Nicodemus is the Editor-in-Chief of Compliance Week. He previously worked as a reporter for Bloomberg Law and as business editor at the Telegram & Gazette in Worcester, Mass. Email: aaron.nicodemus@complianceweek.com LinkedIn:...