US securities regulator signals it may curb climate rule ambitions

(Reuters) U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) officials have told lobbyists and corporate executives in recent days that the agency’s long-anticipated climate rules may scale back some of the most demanding greenhouse gas emissions disclosure requirements that it had proposed.

At issue are so-called Scope 3 emissions that account for greenhouse gases released in the atmosphere from a company’s supply chain and the consumption of its products by customers, according to people familiar with the conversations.

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