Policy and Regulation
March 16, 2022
Understanding nature risk is an 'immense amount of work'
The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures is proposing yet another framework to understand sustainability but its co-chair insists this will lead to a better, more...
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March 15, 2022
Reflecting on SFDR one year on
As the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation hits the one-year mark, asset managers reflect on the benefits and challenges of implementing the rule. On March 10...
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March 15, 2022
Regulatory round-up
The European Central Bank has told lenders that they must do better on climate change disclosures. In an assessment of how banks disclose climate and...
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March 14, 2022
Europe's nuclear dilemma
Nuclear power offers solutions both to climate change and to Europe's reliance on Russian energy, but regional opinion is sharply divided on its use. The...
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March 10, 2022
EU's Ukraine response delivers unexpected boost to green assets
Europe’s efforts to extricate itself from dependence on Russian oil and gas for energy could provoke short-term headaches, but campaigners and suppliers say the European...
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March 10, 2022
Regulatory round-up
A total of 74 firms have joined the UK's stewardship code governing how investors report on their engagement with companies, brining the total number of...
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March 8, 2022
How SDG impact standards can help boards
Where ESG labels fail, standards designed by the UN Development Programme around its sustainable development goals may guide business in the right direction, says Panama's former vice president. Decades after...
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March 8, 2022
Regulatory round-up
The UN-backed Principles for Responsible Investment has condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine and says it is assessing what the attack means for the London-based organisation. The PRI has also...
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March 7, 2022
Do we still need to talk about quotas?
While the UK has improved female representation on corporate boards through voluntary targets, the question of whether gender quotas should be imposed continues to divide opinion. Improving corporate board diversity is...
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March 3, 2022
Regulatory round-up
In the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the European Commission has restated its explicit commitment to a green transition, coupled with a digital transformation of the economy. In...
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March 2, 2022
How ESG regulation is reshaping mining
The sector that extracts the resources needed to power a greener economy has a poor track record on ESG – but new environmental and human rights rules are forcing improvements....
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