Policy and Regulation
May 12, 2022
Efrag consultation deadline puts investors and companies under pressure
While the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group is seeking feedback on the new sustainability standards drafts, ESG professionals are feeling the pressure of a global...
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May 12, 2022
Regulatory Briefing: UK Transition Plan Taskforce opens consultation on new framework
The UK’s new Transition Plan Taskforce has launched a consultation on its Sector-Neutral Framework, which will help shape its guidance on how firms should frame their net...
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May 10, 2022
Independent reviews key to green bonds, says EU research author
Plans for a gold standard for green bonds should be backed up with powers to sanction and sue greenwashers, according to European University Institute's Nikolai Badenhoop,...
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May 10, 2022
Regulatory Briefing: investors urge UK policymakers to create green and social taxonomies
The UK must create its own “world-leading” green taxonomy and a values-based social taxonomy, the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association has urged. This is...
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May 9, 2022
Regulatory Briefing: EU considers stricter green bond standards
EU lawmakers have been advised how to toughen up rules to curb the mis-selling of green bonds. An expert paper, commissioned by members of the...
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May 5, 2022
Regulatory Round-up: BaFin, Esma, Bank of England
From the UK to Germany and across the EU – your week in ESG policymaking Germany’s financial regulator, BaFin, has shelved planned rules for classifying...
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May 4, 2022
Regulatory Briefing: EBA asks about social factors, double materiality
The European Banking Authority has opened a consultation on what factors should be added to regulators’ prudential frameworks for financial institutions. Should the ‘social’ aspect of ESG be considered? What...
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May 4, 2022
Regulatory Briefing: FSB urges regulators to adopt more consistent global approach to climate
The Financial Stability Board has published a report warning regulators of the grave systemic risks posed by climate change and urging them to adopt a more consistent global approach. The...
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May 3, 2022
Regulatory Briefing: EU seeks feedback on ESG reporting drafts
EU advisory group Efrag has opened a public consultation on the reporting standards part of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive, which captures about 50,000 companies in Europe. Listed companies and...
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April 28, 2022
Regulatory Round-up
UK-based companies are failing to report on, and eradicate, modern slavery and related human rights abuses within their businesses and supply chains, according to a report by the Financial Reporting...
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April 28, 2022
UK pension schemes reflect on TCFD reporting
As some UK pension funds publish their first Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures reports, and with many more expected to do so in the coming year, the £57.5bn BT...
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