Policy and Regulation

Regulatory round-up
February 10, 2022
Welcome to our regulation tracker, where we aim to monitor policymakers’ latest...
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Preparing for Mifid II sustainability preference regulations
February 10, 2022
Later this year, new Mifid rules will require investment firms to account...
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UK looks to regulate embodied carbon in real estate
February 3, 2022
A British lawmaker's proposal to cap whole life emissions on new constructions...
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ESG news: February 3 edition
February 3, 2022
EU pushes ahead with taxonomy proposal for gas and nuclear As anticipated,...
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ESG regulation still fails to harmonise markets
February 3, 2022
Growing regulatory activity around sustainable finance has so far led to fragmentation,...
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Investors face new rules to protect forests
January 27, 2022
As a series of anti-deforestation regulations faces investors in coming years, experts...
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Next steps for ISSB and ESG disclosures
27/01/2022
As accounting standards-setter IFRS’s International Sustainability Standards Board works on creating a new ESG reporting framework that is as widely accepted – and as widely embedded in the corporate reporting... Read more
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Supply chain risks and ESG compliance
27/01/2022
The introduction of a compliance-related approach to financial crime enforcement, where liability may be triggered by actions far down a supply chain, will likely be applied to ESG concerns too... Read more
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Norway’s sovereign wealth fund exemplifies wider net zero issues
27/01/2022
As the fund adopts a net zero target for its stocks and focuses on engagement, questions remain on whether its climate risk strategy is ambitious enough Norway's Government Pension Fund... Read more
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Europe's gas crisis and the green transition
19/01/2022
While the debate over EU plans to include gas and nuclear as transition fuels in its green taxonomy rages on, Sustainable Views looks into the real prospects for both sources... Read more
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Sustainability-linked derivatives markets primed for growth
12/01/2022
Derivatives with sustainability targets attached to them are becoming more common, but are they really an effective tool for improving a company’s sustainability? Marie Kemplay reports on structuring and regulatory... Read more
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