Policy and Regulation
US SEC's climate disclosures needed to protect investors, says expert panel
June 10, 2022
Panel of experts rebuffs criticism of US Securities and Exchange Commission's climate...
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Comparing sustainability regulation across the US, the EU and the world
June 9, 2022
Amid numerous standards for non-financial ESG disclosures, new research highlights the challenges...
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Regulatory Round-up: PRI on CBAM, VCMI’s carbon markets code, Emmanuel Macron and Michael Bloomberg launch new climate committee
June 9, 2022
The EU’s plans to curb imports of products such as steel from...
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Regulatory Briefing: US Commodity Futures Trading Commission‘s climate stress tests
June 9, 2022
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission is considering introducing climate stress tests...
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Regulatory Briefing: EU sets gender quotas for corporate boards
June 8, 2022
The EU has agreed that companies will face binding targets to appoint women onto...
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International Securities Lending Association calls for clarity on ESG collateral rules
June 8, 2022
Industry body suggests the market would benefit from regulatory certainty on the...
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Regulatory Briefing: Basel Committee under pressure ahead of climate risk principles release
07/06/2022
Green finance groups demanding climate-related capital requirements continue to put pressure on the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision as they wait for the publication of its principles for managing and... Read more
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SFDR technical clarifications highlight the challenge of consistently applying rules
07/06/2022
The diversity of the financial markets has exposed the difficulty in applying disclosure rules, but new guidance should mitigate greenwashing while supporting sustainability. The European Supervisory Authorities’ clarifications on the... Read more
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Regulatory Briefing: EU supervisory authorities clarify SFDR's technical standards
07/06/2022
The three EU supervisory authorities have published clarifications on the draft regulatory technical standards relating to the implementation of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation. The clarifications are about content, methodologies... Read more
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Regulatory Briefing: EU overstated climate spending by €72bn, says ECA
01/06/2022
The EU missed its self-imposed target of spending at least 20 per cent of its 2014–2020 budget on “climate action”, according to the European Court of Auditors. A special report... Read more
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Pressure grows for better ESG regulation following DWS raid
01/06/2022
The resignation of DWS’s chief executive, following allegations the asset manager provided misleading information about ‘green’ investments, has further highlighted the severity of these issues. Global regulators are facing renewed... Read more
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