US Companies Say They’ll Be Ready for Green Reporting Rules

US executives sound confident that their firms will be ready to apply new European rules requiring companies to report on their climate impact, even as they wait for final requirements from Wall Street’s top regulator.

A majority of corporate leaders PwC LLP surveyed, 69%, said that they were prepared for pending disclosure rules. Half said they saw climate change as a risk to their businesses, according to the survey that earlier this month captured the views of about 600 C-suite executives, including CEOs, tax directors and human resource officers.

Although two-thirds of the surveyed executives said theywere watching the Securities ...