WHAT: Breakfast Press Briefing on the Hidden Financial Risk to Your Retirement: Climate Change. RSVP here by 12:00 PM ET Wednesday, February 8th to attend in-person or request a link to attend virtually.
Join Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund, Climate Nexus, Oxfam America, Public Citizen and more for an in-person, 90-minute Hill breakfast briefing on Thursday, February 9, 2023 from 8:30am to 10am ET to learn and hear from experts on how financial regulators can adopt measures to 1) ensure that the current financial system is resilient and ready to withstand climate impacts, and 2) protect workers’ life and retirement savings.
Please note that this event will be livestreamed and recorded.
WHO:
Illinois Representative Sean Casten, Congressional Sustainability Caucus Chair
Renaye Manley, Deputy Director, Strategic Initiatives at Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
Kristina Wyatt, Deputy General Counsel and Senior V.P. of Global Regulatory Climate Disclosure, Persefoni
Ivan Frishberg, Senior V.P. and Chief Sustainability Officer, Amalgamated Bank
Brandon Rees, Deputy Director, Corporations and Capital Markets, AFL-CIO
James Andrus, Interim Managing Investment Director, Board Governance & Sustainability, CalPers, CalPers (virtual)
WHEN: Thursday, February 9th with breakfast served at 8:30 AM ET and climate financial risk briefing from 9:00 AM until 10:00 AM ET, including Q&A with experts.
WHERE: Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2075
WHY: This year, new rules for providing transparent and consistent climate financial risk disclosure to prevent misleading claims by public companies and investment firms are set to be finalized. However, Koch-funded groups and their Republican allies have made plans to block these rules, which aim to provide standardized information for investors so they can mitigate climate financial risk. These groups are targeting stakeholder-driven sustainability and ESG investment practices, net-zero commitments, and proposals for standardizing public information on publicly-traded corporations’ climate risks. Hear from experts on union, pension fund, and climate financial risks, and ask questions.
Contact us at joneill@climatenexus.org for questions
