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Regulators eye requirement that companies disclose their greenhouse-gas emissions

Working Lunch: In some instances, public companies would also have to specify the contributions of suppliers and customers.

Federal regulators want publicly owned companies to start divulging a new piece of information: what volume of greenhouse gases they pump into the atmosphere.

In some instances, the corporations would need to specify the contributions of suppliers and even customers.

In this week’s edition of the Working Lunch podcast, government-affairs veterans and Align Public Strategies principals Joe Kefauver and Franklin Coley speak with Aaron Frazier, VP of public policy for the National Restaurant Association, about what the proposed new SEC rule might mean for public restaurant companies.

They also delve into a new reputation study that gauges how the public’s perception of some big brands may have been tarnished by unpopular political stances.

Check out this and every week’s edition of Working Lunch. You’ll find it wherever you download your podcasts.

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