New Polling Shows Voters Strongly Support SEC Climate Risk Disclosure Rule

Voters support the SEC’s new climate risk disclosure rule and widely agree that people should be able to take climate-related risks into account in their investment decisions. Voters say that large companies and corporations should be held accountable for their environmental impacts: four in five (80%) say that large companies and corporations have a responsibility to manage their impact on the environment, including nearly half (46%) who say that companies have “a lot” of responsibility for managing environmental impacts. Voters also widely agree that people should be able to take climate-related risks into account when making investment decisions. After reading a description of ESG investing, voters support “investors and people saving for retirement having the ability to participate in an investment strategy that considers climate-related risks” by a 61%-17% margin.