ESG Disclosure Simplification Act of 2019 This bill requires an issuer of securities to annually disclose to shareholders certain environmental, social, and governance metrics and their connection to the long-term business strategy of the issuer. The bill also establishes the Sustainable Finance Advisory Committee that must, among other things, recommend to the Securities and Exchange Commission policies to facilitate the flow of capital towards environmentally sustainable investments.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 31 - 22.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 290.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 116-365.
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 31 - 22.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 290.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 116-365.
Finance and Financial Sector
Administrative remediesBusiness ethicsBusiness recordsEnvironmental assessment, monitoring, researchGovernment ethics and transparency, public corruptionGovernment information and archivesSecuritiesSecurities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
ESG Disclosure Simplification Act of 2019
USA116th CongressHR-4329| House
| Updated: 1/7/2020
ESG Disclosure Simplification Act of 2019 This bill requires an issuer of securities to annually disclose to shareholders certain environmental, social, and governance metrics and their connection to the long-term business strategy of the issuer. The bill also establishes the Sustainable Finance Advisory Committee that must, among other things, recommend to the Securities and Exchange Commission policies to facilitate the flow of capital towards environmentally sustainable investments.
Administrative remediesBusiness ethicsBusiness recordsEnvironmental assessment, monitoring, researchGovernment ethics and transparency, public corruptionGovernment information and archivesSecuritiesSecurities and Exchange Commission (SEC)