Makemake ʻo AHLA i ka Legislate Change Climate Legislation e pale aku i ka US Hotel Investors

Palapala AHLA i ke Komisina Securities and Exchange

Ua haʻi aku ka Pelekikena a me Luna Nui o ka American Hotel and Lodging Association (AHLA) Chip Rogers i ka luna SEC Gary Gensler ua kūpaʻa ʻo AHLA i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau, a ua nui nā lālā o ka AHLA i alakaʻi i ka pilikia no nā makahiki, akā ʻo ke kānāwai kikoʻī o ka SEC hiki ke loaʻa ka ʻokoʻa. hopena e like me ka mea i manaʻo ʻia.

"Ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei mākou ʻo kekahi mau ʻōlelo o ke Rula e like me ka mea i hoʻopaʻa ʻia e hoʻonāwaliwali i kekahi poʻe hoʻopaʻa inoa mai ka hoʻomau ʻana i kā lākou mau hana i mua a me ka ʻae ʻana i nā hana e pili ana i ke aniau," wahi a Rogers.

ka Securities and Exchange Commission i Malaki nā hoʻololi kānāwai i manaʻo ʻia e koi i nā mea kākau inoa e hoʻokomo i kekahi mau hōʻike e pili ana i ke aniau i loko o kā lākou mau ʻōlelo hoʻopaʻa inoa a me nā hōʻike manawaleʻa, me ka ʻike e pili ana i nā pilikia pili i ke aniau e pili ana i ka hopena i kā lākou ʻoihana, nā hopena o nā hana, a i ʻole ke kūlana kālā. a me kekahi mau ana hōʻike kālā e pili ana i ke aniau ma kahi memo i kā lākou mau ʻōlelo kālā i hoʻopaʻa ʻia.

ʻO ka ʻike e koi ʻia e pili ana i nā pilikia pili i ke aniau e komo pū i ka hōʻike ʻana i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o ke kinoea ʻōmaʻomaʻo o ka mea kākau inoa, a ua lilo ia i mea hoʻohana maʻamau e loiloi i ka ʻike ʻana o ka mea kākau inoa i ia mau pilikia.

Lunahoomalu Gary Gensler
Komisina Securities and Exchange Commission 100 F Street, NE
Washington, DC 20549

E ka lunahoomalu Gensler:

Mahalo ka American Hotel and Lodging Association (AHLA) i ka manawa kūpono e ʻōlelo ai i ke kānāwai i manaʻo ʻia e ka US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ma The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosure for Investors (the Rule).¹

Ke lawelawe nei i ka ʻoihana hoʻokipa ma mua o hoʻokahi haneli, ʻo AHLA ka hui aupuni hoʻokahi e hōʻike ana i nā ʻāpana āpau o ka ʻoihana hale noho o US, me nā hōʻailona hōkele, nā mea nona, nā hilinaʻi waiwai waiwai (REITs), nā franchisees, nā hui hoʻokele, nā waiwai kūʻokoʻa, nā moena a me nā ʻaina kakahiaka. , nā hui hōkele moku'āina, a me nā mea hoʻolako ʻoihana.

ʻO ke keʻena nui ma Wakinekona, DC, ʻo AHLA e kālele ana i ke kākoʻo hoʻolālā, kākoʻo kamaʻilio, a me nā papahana hoʻomohala limahana no kahi ʻoihana e holomua ana i nā manawa hana lōʻihi no nā limahana, hoʻopukapuka kālā i nā kaiāulu kūloko a puni ka ʻāina a hoʻokipa ma mua o hoʻokahi piliona mau malihini noho ma ʻAmelika. hale hōkele i kēlā me kēia makahiki.

Hōʻike haʻaheo ʻo AHLA i kahi ʻoihana hōkele ikaika o kahi kokoke i 61,000 mau waiwai e kākoʻo ana i ka $1.1 trillion ma ke kūʻai aku ʻana o ʻAmelika a loaʻa kahi kokoke i $170 biliona i nā ʻauhau i nā aupuni kūloko, mokuʻāina, a me ke aupuni pekelala.

Kākoʻo ʻo AHLA i ka manaʻo o ka SEC i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka hoʻoweliweli honua o ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau a hoʻokipa i ka ulu ʻana o ka hoihoi mai ke kaiāulu kālā e hoʻomaopopo maikaʻi i ka hopena o nā ʻoihana US e ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau a me nā ʻanuʻu a lākou e hana nei e hōʻemi i kā lākou hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ke kinoea ʻōmaʻomaʻo (GHG) e hoʻēmi ai. pilikia pili i ke ea.

Ua ʻae mākou e pono ka ʻikepili kūpaʻa, hoʻohālikelike, a hilinaʻi hoʻi no ka hoʻopuka ʻana i ka ʻike kōkua a kūpono no nā mea hoʻopukapuka. ʻOiaʻiʻo, nui nā lālā o mākou i alakaʻi i kēia pilikia no nā makahiki.

No ka laʻana, ua hoʻonohonoho kekahi o kā mākou mau lālā i ka Science Based Targets e like me ka Science-Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) a ke hōʻike nei i nā ʻano kiʻi e pili ana i ke aniau e like me nā papa hana ʻē aʻe i ʻike ʻia e like me ka Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), ka Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), ka Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), a me ka Global ESG Benchmark for Real Assets (GRESB).

Ua hoʻoikaika pū kā mākou ʻoihana i ka ʻimi ʻana i kahi alignment o nā ʻano hana. Ma kahi o hoʻokahi makahiki i hala aku nei, ua hāʻawi kekahi o nā lālā nui o AHLA i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka Hotel Carbon Measurement Initiative (HCMI), e hāʻawi ana i ke alakaʻi kikoʻī o ka ʻoihana no ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana i nā ana kapuaʻi kalapona "ma kēlā me kēia hālāwai" no ka hui a me ka leʻaleʻa. nā mea kūʻai.