Policy and Regulation

February 10, 2022
Can ESG investors afford to ignore 'high stakes' Chinese markets?
With many investors still underweight on the Asian superpower, policy tailwinds are...
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February 10, 2022
Regulatory round-up
Welcome to our regulation tracker, where we aim to monitor policymakers’ latest...
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February 10, 2022
Preparing for Mifid II sustainability preference regulations
Later this year, new Mifid rules will require investment firms to account...
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February 3, 2022
UK looks to regulate embodied carbon in real estate
A British lawmaker's proposal to cap whole life emissions on new constructions...
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February 3, 2022
ESG news: February 3 edition
EU pushes ahead with taxonomy proposal for gas and nuclear As anticipated,...
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February 3, 2022
ESG regulation still fails to harmonise markets
Growing regulatory activity around sustainable finance has so far led to fragmentation,...
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January 27, 2022
Investors face new rules to protect forests
As a series of anti-deforestation regulations faces investors in coming years, experts look to the steps needed to match world leaders’ commitments with reality At the COP26 climate conference in...
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January 27, 2022
Next steps for ISSB and ESG disclosures
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...
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January 27, 2022
Supply chain risks and ESG compliance
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...
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January 27, 2022
Norway’s sovereign wealth fund exemplifies wider net zero issues
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...
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January 19, 2022
Europe's gas crisis and the green transition
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...
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