Policy and Regulation
June 16, 2022
German institutional investors show greater support for ESG
Union Investment’s sustainability survey found that conviction over the importance of ESG...
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June 16, 2022
Regulatory Briefing: EU parliament committees oppose inclusion of gas and nuclear in taxonomy
Two influential European Parliament committees have rejected plans to classify gas and...
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June 14, 2022
Regulatory Briefing: Australian securities regulator issues greenwashing guidelines
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission has published some basic guidelines for the...
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June 14, 2022
Industry calls for greater transparency on ESG ratings
More transparency around ESG ratings would increase the quality of ratings and...
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June 13, 2022
UK pensions regulator to review initial TCFD reports
TPR will review pension funds’ published Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures reports...
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June 13, 2022
US SEC action against Vale likely to have greatest implications for ESG
While the US Securities and Exchange Commission has been ramping up its...
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June 13, 2022
Regulatory Briefing: EU rejects tougher carbon emissions rules
The European Parliament has unexpectedly rejected plans to toughen up carbon emissions rules, in a blow to the EU’s core climate policy and ambitions to establish itself as global leader...
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June 10, 2022
US SEC's climate disclosures needed to protect investors, says expert panel
Panel of experts rebuffs criticism of US Securities and Exchange Commission's climate disclosure proposals, siding with chair Gary Gensler on their relevance to investor protection. The US Securities and Exchange...
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June 9, 2022
Comparing sustainability regulation across the US, the EU and the world
Amid numerous standards for non-financial ESG disclosures, new research highlights the challenges in creating uniform and comprehensive sustainability disclosure standards. Consultancy ERM has analysed the recent US, European and international...
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June 9, 2022
Regulatory Round-up: PRI on CBAM, VCMI’s carbon markets code, Emmanuel Macron and Michael Bloomberg launch new climate committee
The EU’s plans to curb imports of products such as steel from carbon-intensive countries may struggle to get fully implemented, according to a report sponsored by the UN-backed Principles of...
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June 9, 2022
Regulatory Briefing: US Commodity Futures Trading Commission‘s climate stress tests
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission is considering introducing climate stress tests into its oversight of the derivatives and the underlying commodities markets, it has revealed in a new consultation...
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