Policy and Regulation
August 11, 2022
Regulatory Round-up: Calls for ESRS and ISSB alignment, China's green bond principles
Securities regulators, sustainable finance groups and investors have called for a closer alignment between the European Sustainability Reporting Standards and those of the International Sustainability...
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August 11, 2022
SEC’s proposed climate disclosure regulation may impact private companies
The US financial market regulator’s proposal for listed companies to disclose their climate-related risks may have the knock-on effect of listed alternative asset managers having...
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August 10, 2022
Stalled EU social taxonomy raises questions on just transition
Experts warn that added delays to the inclusion of social objectives in the EU taxonomy will leave market participants with disjointed guidelines on how to...
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August 9, 2022
Regulatory Briefing: $10.6tn investor group calls for EU reporting metrics for energy-intensive sectors
The UN-backed Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance has asked the EU to prioritise the inclusion of specific reporting metrics for the oil and gas, aviation, steel...
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August 8, 2022
New Australian government makes U-turn on climate policy
Canberra’s lower house has passed a historic bill to cut carbon emissions but this is just the tip of the iceberg of policy negotiations yet...
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August 3, 2022
Regulatory Round-up: Investor-led framework to assess bank transition to net zero, VRF absorbed into IFRS
The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change and the Transition Pathway Initiative have jointly launched an investor-led framework of pilot indicators to assess banks on...
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August 3, 2022
Regulatory Briefing: Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance pushes for tighter ISSB disclosure standards
The influential UN-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance wants proposals for a global baseline for climate-related disclosures tightened up, including the separate reporting of methane emissions. The NZAOA – a group...
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August 3, 2022
Regulatory Briefing: FCA and FRC warn premium listed firms on TCFD disclosures
The UK Financial Conduct Authority may take “appropriate action” against premium listed firms that have wrongly declared they have made disclosures consistent with Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures recommendations....
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August 1, 2022
Biden climate bill: Leap forward or tainted compromise? environmentalists ask
As the US Senate considers a landmark bill, providing unprecedented funding for climate change programmes, many are asking whether its significant concessions to the fossil fuel industry are a price...
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August 1, 2022
Regulatory Briefing: FCA consumer duty could play anti-greenwashing role
The decision by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority to impose a new consumer duty on financial institutions could play a significant role in countering greenwashing, according to regulatory experts. The...
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August 1, 2022
Can EU ‘women on boards’ directive bring unified progress to a patchwork area?
The directive will introduce EU-wide quotas for board-level gender balance, but does not include targets for executive management. After a decade of stalled progress, the EU has reached a political...
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