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The Greening of Materiality

The SEC calls on companies to predict the legislative process when determining whether to disclose risks related to climate change.

March 1, 2010

New guidance from the Securities and Exchange Commission was intended to clarify how companies should explain the effects of climate change on their businesses, but last month's 29-page interpretive release may raise more questions than it answers. Read more...

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