CEO of the Ontario Securities Commission Grant Vingoe, pictured, said the regulatory body has not determined what would trigger a resumption of efforts to formalize standards.

Canada’s securities commissions are not ready to restart work on making climate-related disclosures mandatory for public companies, saying the heightened geopolitical and market risks that prompted the halt remain.

Many of the country’s large companies have exposure to the United States, where the federal and many state governments have become hostile to the use of environmental, social and governance factors in business.

Meanwhile, disruption in trade flows driven by U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff war has created new problems for businesses across the country. The situation makes imposing new reporting re

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