Sustainable Investor
EMEA
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UK Defines Scope of Sustainability Reporting Standards Consultation
January 30, 2025Senior Department for Business and Trade official stresses the need for international “comparability” on ESG reporting.
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Political Appetites Pushing EU Omnibus Agenda
January 28, 2025French and German retrenchment and lack of due process risk reduction in transparency to the detriment of investors.
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UK Could Leapfrog EU by Including Transition in Taxonomy
January 20, 2025Long-overdue framework considered vital to the UK's sustainability agenda and future as global transition finance hub.
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EC Leaning Toward New SFDR Categories
December 16, 2024DG FISMA acknowledges complexity ahead of new policy proposals, while Eurosif calls for commission to “embrace” the way the regulation has been used to date.
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Conflicts Ahead as EU Pushes Case for Defence
December 13, 2024Clarification sought on the extent to which the bloc’s ESG-labelled funds can and should finance weapons under sustainable finance regulations.
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UK Warned Against Divergence from EU CBAM
December 3, 2024Alignment in carbon pricing rules will lessen compliance burden and may serve as protection against trade tariffs.
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TFMR: Metrics Needed to Drive UK Transition Market
November 28, 2024Finance sector and government action required to build on recommendations of Transition Finance Market Review, says chair.
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EU Rules Overhaul Needed to Scrutinise Transition Plans
November 25, 2024Investor transparency on corporates’ decarbonisation strategies could require review of SRD II or introduction of European stewardship code.
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FRC Stewardship Reframing Risks “Ambiguity”
November 19, 2024Proposed revision to stewardship definition seen as potentially weakening ambition and fostering distance between investment decisions and their impacts.
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Investors Quantifying Nature Risks, Wielding Stewardship
November 12, 2024Scottish Widows outlines portfolio impacts and dependencies in new report, encouraging peers to enhance engagement efforts.
