Oct. 17, 2018
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission should require corporate managers to be honest with their shareholders about how they are planning for the long term. Shareholders have a right to know if oil executives are trying to buy off politicians to slow progress on addressing climate change. They also have a right to know whether the company is cultivating diversity on its board or moving profits abroad to avoid paying taxes in the U.S. These are just a few examples of the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) risks that the SEC should require public companies to disclose to their shareholders and the public. Honesty is in short supply, witness the Kavanaugh "hearings" where a prominent judge repeatedly lied to congress with no concern from lawmakers. We need to be better than this. Buying politicians should be illegal, absent this we need corporations to fully disclose their activities regarding our politicians. Thank you for considering my comment. Larry Kimball