Opening Statement Of Acting CFTC Chairman Rostin Behnam Before The Energy And Environmental Markets Advisory Committee Date
03/06/2021
Good morning and welcome to the CFTC’s Energy and Environmental Markets Advisory Committee (EEMAC or Committee) meeting. I want to thank Commissioner Berkovitz for his leadership, and extend a special thanks to Abigail Knauff who serves as the EEMAC’s Secretary, and to Dena Wiggins who serves as the EEMAC’s chairwoman. I also want to thank and acknowledge the EEMAC members and invited speakers, including our very own CFTC staff, who will participate on the panels today. And of course, a special thanks to the all the CFTC staff who help us bring these meetings together.
CFTC U S Commodity Futures Trading Commission : Opening Statement of Acting Chairman Rostin Behnam before the Energy and Environmental Markets Advisory Committee
06/03/2021 | 12:47pm EDT
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June 03, 2021 Good morning and welcome to the CFTC s Energy and Environmental Markets Advisory Committee (EEMAC or Committee) meeting. I want to thank Commissioner Berkovitz for his leadership, and extend a special thanks to Abigail Knauff who serves as the EEMAC s Secretary, and to Dena Wiggins who serves as the EEMAC s chairwoman. I also want to thank and acknowledge the EEMAC members and invited speakers, including our very own CFTC staff, who will participate on the panels today. And of course, a special thanks to the all the CFTC staff who help us bring these meetings together.
May 06, 2021
This article on the Biden administration’s plans and how they could affect climate resilience was written with Laurie Schoeman
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How has President Biden’s first 100 days in office helped us as we continue through this resilience decade? What’s the very early scorecard on climate change risk disclosures and the financial markets?
In a new CNN Poll, the president gets the highest rating for his performance during the first 100 days for his leadership on environmental policy, with a net positive rating of 54 percent. What is clear is his team has the social capital, vision, commitment and know-how to drive an agenda that builds an equitable, resilient and strong nation.
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Tomorrow, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will lead a meeting of the Financial Stability
Oversight Council (FSOC). The preliminary agenda for the open
session includes climate change and its potential impacts on
financial stability.
Appearing before Congress last week, Secretary Yellen stressed
the importance of FSOC and its unique role in coordinating
responses to issues like climate change. She specifically noted
that climate change is a top priority of the Biden
[a]dministration and FSOC can play a role in arranging
discussions among financial regulators all of whom have
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While pressure from institutional investors, such as BlackRock, Vanguard, and State Street, has contributed to increased
focus and urgency on environmental, social, and governance (ESG)
matters, so has pressure from environmental groups, employees,
customers, and other corporate stakeholders. State
Street has announced that it will start voting against the boards
of companies that underperform their peers when it comes to ESG
standards.
Simultaneously, as we highlight below, the Securities and
Exchange Commission (SEC) announced, in the first quarter of 2021,
multiple efforts to highlight climate change in corporate