May. 14, 2022
I fervently support the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) proposed rule requiring publicly-traded companies to disclose their climate-related financial risk information (S7-10-22). Averting climate catastrophe is imperative to maintain a livable planet. Everyday we witness the tragic impact and dreadful loss that people, and all that supports our healthy existence, suffer due to extreme weather fueled escalation climate-s—are. Humanity and wildlife have been suffering the dreadful consequences of unstable climate and environmental degradation perpetuated by polluters for multiple decades now, and things are accelerating at a terrible rate. Death and destruction threatens people who never thought they would find themselves homeless. It is far too costly not to give it our all to avert. The promise of a stable financial system that supports the American economy is becoming more challenging to ensure, most especially while investors and other market actors don’t have all the necessary information to make smart, climate and community-forward investment decisions. A sustainable American market giving investors and other market actors the choice to support companies doing their best not to harm the environment, and those that actively try to address climate change and related issues is the solution. Other countries already require these types of climate-related disclosures from companies. The U.S. can not afford to lag behind, leadership is important, we must meet the same obligation. Our precious environment and all the wonders it bestows is priceless. National and state parks offer us inspiring perspectives and appreciation and awe. The abundance and variety of wildlife and biodiversity found in nature across nationwide provides life-sustaining ecosystem services we should be so grateful for and preserve. Global average temperatures are on the rise causing large losses in biodiversity, we must do everything in our capacity to prevent. We are quickly losing all that is precious to us. Transparency is essential. We deserve information about climate-related investment risks. Thank you for proposing this rule it is necessary and meaningful. For te greater good, please urge the SEC to finalize it as quickly as possible. Most sincerely, Perry Kendall