Episode 311: SEC Climate Change Disclosure Proposals Seen as First Step in Finding the Right Regulatory Balance

Nareit's REIT Report Podcast · Mar 31, 2022 · 9m

Proposed Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rules to enhance and standardize climate-related disclosures for investors are just the first step in terms of finding the right balance of what's required from a regulatory perspective, said Uma Pattarkine, a senior investment strategy analyst and global ESG lead for CenterSquare Investment Management.

Pattarkine told the REIT Report that the SEC proposals were “a lot more robust than I had originally anticipated,” given the level of initial disclosure, and require REITs to be able to get a lot of that data at the property level.

Many REITs…