It’s not new for companies to report on their efforts to curb greenhouse gases and fight climate change, but there are few dependable and universal ways to compare one company to the next. Now the SEC has proposed new rules aimed at standardizing such disclosures. Joy Facos, Head of Sustainable Investing and Corporate Responsibility at Carillon Tower Advisers, explains why the proposed rules will help empower investors to make meaningful judgments about how companies’ work to sharpen the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) focus of their models might – or might not – create long- term value.