The S.E.C. moves closer to enacting a sweeping climate disclosure rule.

Securities regulators in america are transferring nearer to enacting a sweeping new rule that may require publicly traded corporations to report extra info to buyers in regards to the affect of their actions on local weather change and the creation of greenhouse gases.

The Securities and Trade Fee is contemplating the much-anticipated local weather disclosure rule at a gathering Monday morning. It has been a centerpiece within the regulatory agenda of Gary Gensler, the fee’s chairman, and a longtime demand of local weather advocates. The fee may vote on the measure on the assembly.

The proposed rule is an enormous step towards holding corporations accountable for his or her function in local weather change and giving buyers extra leverage in forcing modifications to enterprise practices which have contributed to rising world temperatures.

The general public may have the chance to touch upon the proposed rule for at the least 60 days. If authorized, it could arrange a reporting framework requiring all corporations to start offering details about the climate-related affect of their companies of their annual stories and inventory registration statements.

The rule, which has been within the works for over a 12 months, already has provoked opposition from some enterprise commerce teams and could also be challenged in court docket — one thing that might delay its efficient date. The S.E.C. has sought to get forward of the anticipated opposition by declaring that the fee has been issuing steering to corporations about disclosing info on the environmental affect of their companies for a number of a long time.

Regulators have mentioned the rule builds on steering it issued in 2010 for corporations on the subject of disclosing info on local weather change. The S.E.C. took that motion across the similar time the Environmental Safety Company started requiring some giant corporations to compile information on the emission of greenhouse gases, which scientists have linked to an increase in world temperatures and local weather change.

“Over the generations, the S.E.C. has stepped in when there’s important want for the disclosure of data related to buyers’ selections,” Mr. Gensler mentioned in a press release accompanying the announcement of the brand new rule.

Some corporations, like Apple, Fb and Microsoft, report their greenhouse gasoline information extensively, and have set dates by which they wish to have zero carbon emissions general. Many different corporations have began to reveal at the least a few of their emissions.

Christopher Flavelle and Peter Eavis contributed reporting.