Jan. 20, 2019
SEC Securities and Exchange Commission 100 F Street, NE Washington, DC 20549 RE: Comment to File Number 4-730 Dear SEC, 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 have bought off politicians (and what politicians) and are actively and unaccountably doing so to buy off dangerous truths. The intent of these unaccountable oil executives is to slow progress on addressing climate change. But shareholders 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 recognize and control, in addition to requiring public companies to disclose to their shareholders and the public the full scope of their actions. It istime to stop silencing the solidly established scientific evidence about the speed and impact of global warming, and remaining inactive or rejecting actions to take specific long-term actions to at least mitigate irreversible climate breakdown. Thank you for considering my comment. Sincerely, Sigrid Asmus