Policy and Regulation
June 14, 2022
Industry calls for greater transparency on ESG ratings
More transparency around ESG ratings would increase the quality of ratings and services made available to investors, say respondents to a EU consultation, including Germany’s...
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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 in the coming months, it has disclosed. In a blog post authored by...
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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 focus on financial firms’ ESG claims, its scrutiny of corporates will likely have...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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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June 8, 2022
Regulatory Briefing: EU sets gender quotas for corporate boards
The EU has agreed that companies will face binding targets to appoint women onto corporate boards. The European Parliament and Council have reached a political agreement on a directive first proposed in 2012...
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June 8, 2022
International Securities Lending Association calls for clarity on ESG collateral rules
Industry body suggests the market would benefit from regulatory certainty on the extent to which asset owners and managers should consider ESG risks when accepting collateral. The International Securities Lending...
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June 7, 2022
Regulatory Briefing: Basel Committee under pressure ahead of climate risk principles release
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...
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