Comments are due by August 16, 2022 for an SEC proposal to enhance disclosure requirements on ESG investment practices. The SEC proposal was published in the Federal Register.

Comments are due by August 16, 2022 for an SEC proposal that would increase fund disclosure and recordkeeping requirements to address investment company names that may mislead investors. The SEC proposal was published in the Federal Register.

Industry and trade groups weighed in on an SEC proposal to establish a regulatory scheme for security-based swap execution facilities. The comment period closed on June 10, 2022.

CFTC Commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero urged responsible innovation in ESG and described the opportunities and challenges of scaling up the number of carbon products that are listed on voluntary carbon exchanges.

President Joseph R. Biden banned all U.S. imports of Russian oil, gas and energy and encouraged U.S. energy companies to continue to invest in U.S. oil production and reduce reliance on Russian energy imports.