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SEC’s Hester Peirce accuses agency of sowing ESG ‘seeds of chaos’

By Victor Smart
July 10, 2023
Hester Peirce, one of two Republicans on the five-member US Securities and Exchange Commission. Image: Bloomberg Mercury

Republican commissioner Hester Peirce launches her most scathing attack yet on the agency’s crowded policy agenda, at a time of politicisation of US regulatory agencies and a backlash against sustainable reporting rules.

One of two Republicans on the five-member US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Peirce claims the ...

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