Oct. 18, 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. More and more money is in the hands of fewer and fewer Americans, and pays for a disproportionate share of intense lobbying, not for the benefit of the general population or our country, but to further enrich that small percentage of the US population. Thank you for considering my comment. Alexandra Dailey