CSA shelves rules for climate, diversity reforms
- Canadian Securities Administrators indefinitely paused work on mandatory climate and diversity reporting rules.
- The regulator cited shifts in the global economic and geopolitical landscape for the suspension.
- The decision follows recent developments in the United States regarding similar disclosure rules.
- Kevin Thomas stated, "Forgoing new rules...shifts that burden onto investors."
- This suspension is the latest in a series of delays for formalizing environmental risk reporting.
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As climate goals grow more urgent, some major companies are rolling back the commitments they once publicly made. According to the Financial Times, Starbucks is among the high-profile companies removing climate goals from its executive bonus structures — a move that has sparked concern among environmental experts and investors alike. What's happening? Earlier this year, Reuters reported that Starbucks shareholders voted to strip DEI benchmarks f…
Securities Regulator Halts Work on Corporate Climate, Diversity Disclosures
The Canadian Securities Administrators says it has indefinitely paused work on developing new mandatory climate disclosures and updating diversity reporting rules in response to recent developments in the United States. Stan Magidson, chair of the CSA, says it made the decision to support companies because of the rapid shift in the global economic and geopolitical landscape. He says the regulator will instead focus on making Canadian markets mor…

Securities regulator halts work on corporate climate, diversity disclosures
TORONTO — The Canadian Securities Administrators says it has indefinitely paused work on developing new mandatory climate disclosures and updating diversity reporting rules in response to recent developments in the United States.
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