With the unofficial start of summer nearly upon us, the outdoors and sunshine are beckoning. At work many CFOs are grappling with what Wolters Kluwer’s Alessio Lolli calls “a perfect storm” around new rules of environmental, social and governance reporting — with the Securities and Exchange Commission’s long-anticipated climate-risk disclosure rule passed in March top of mind.
As the stewards of their firm’s financial reporting processes, experts say finance chiefs should continue preparing to comply with the new regulations even as the SEC rule is voluntarily stayed amid legal challenges. Yet, given all the noise around climate change, just how can busy CFOs juggle this new remit and set their organizations on a smart path to compliance?
CFO Dive has got your back. We are also pleased to announce CFO Dive and ESG Dive’s first-ever (and free) virtual event, which will explore solutions to finance leaders’ questions around ESG: Risk and Reward: Complying with the SEC’s Climate Rule. We invite you to join industry experts and the editorial teams on July 11, 2PM-4:30PM ET to review the requirements of the SEC rule, provide advice on how finance leaders can achieve full compliance while minimizing costs — and much more.
In keeping with this announcement, we’re also dedicating this newsletter to highlight some of our top stories on the latest thinking around ESG. We hope these articles will give you food for thought as well as some reading material over the long weekend.
CFO Dive will be taking a publishing break Monday in observance of the Memorial Day federal holiday. We thank you for reading and hope you get a chance to enjoy some perfect sunshine with your friends and family. We will be back in your inbox Tuesday.
