Sustainable Investor
Regulation
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Close Co-ordination Advised on UK’s ESG Ratings Rules
July 5, 2023Regulation should aim to “reduce ‘black box’ methodologies” in ESG ratings market, says UKSIF.
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ISSB Standards Launch a “Landmark” for Global Economy
June 27, 2023Globally applicable standards will open “new horizons” for identifying sustainability risks and opportunities to inform long-term investment decisions, say market participants.
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EU ESG Ratings Rules Risk Regulatory Fragmentation
June 27, 2023Proposed framework aims to tackle conflict of interest concerns, but fails to address “quality of raw ESG data”.
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CSDDD Exposes Fashion Supply Chains to Compliance Risks
June 19, 2023Landmark due diligence directive marks an “increasingly aggressive” regulatory approach in assessing textile firms’ supply chain impacts amid green claims clampdown.
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EU Debates Putting a Price Tag on Ecosystems
June 16, 2023The European Parliament’s ENVI committee is seeking to push through new requirements from member states on sustainability data reporting.
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Australian Watchdog Urges Firms to Prepare for ISSB Standards
June 15, 2023Treasury to publish plans for adopting the ISSB standards in Australia in the next two weeks.
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Hope Remains for Ambitious Nature Restoration Law
June 15, 2023The EU’s key biodiversity law narrowly survived rebellion from centre-right MEPs, but votes on amendments are postponed.
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Incentives for Long-term Success
June 14, 2023With the net zero transition requiring vast sums of capital, governments and fund managers are becoming inventive to increase allocations to long-term assets.
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EU Sustainable Finance Rule-making “a Process Not an Event”
June 13, 2023“Early days” for SFDR, CSRD, says DG FISMA’s Deckers, as Commission aims to boost transition finance and ESG ratings and data transparency.
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UK Must Converge with ISSB to Avoid “Overlapping” Rules
June 5, 2023UKSIF backs “phased approach" to sustainability disclosures for SMEs to reduce compliance burden of UK’s proposed non-financial reporting requirements.
