The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu The leading online blog in the fields of corporate governance and financial regulation. Fri, 03 Apr 2026 11:32:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.8 https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/cropped-photography-4-e1706898544564-1-32x32.png Global Climate Change and Sustainability Financial Reporting: An Unstoppable Force with or without Trump – The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu 32 32 Global Climate Change and Sustainability Financial Reporting: An Unstoppable Force with or without Trump https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2017/04/30/global-climate-change-and-sustainability-financial-reporting-an-unstoppable-force-with-or-without-trump/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=global-climate-change-and-sustainability-financial-reporting-an-unstoppable-force-with-or-without-trump https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2017/04/30/global-climate-change-and-sustainability-financial-reporting-an-unstoppable-force-with-or-without-trump/#comments Sun, 30 Apr 2017 12:26:20 +0000 https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/?p=86066?d=20170503180600EDT Posted by Linda M. Lowson, Global ESG Regulatory Academy, on Sunday, April 30, 2017
Editor's Note:

Linda M. Lowson is Chief Executive Officer of the Global ESG Regulatory Academy and Editor-in-Chief of an ABA special publication on Climate Change and Sustainability Financial Reporting. This post is based on a recent publication by Ms. Lowson. Additional posts addressing legal and financial implications of the Trump administration are available here.

Climate Change and Sustainability Financial Reporting (CCSFR) is a complex, swiftly evolving, and now crucial area for issuers and capital providers globally. It has arrived front-and-center in global capital markets with the entrance of G20/Financial Stability Board (FSB) oversight. The Trump Administration’s resolute efforts to retract, revoke, or otherwise invalidate the climate protection progress made by the Obama Administration, as well as Trump Executive Orders aimed at scaling back financial regulation, will not diminish or derail the global tidal wave of investor demand for “full and fair” CCSFR, nor will Trump Administration actions alter or impede the seismic shift of global governmental support for this disclosure.

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