Policy and Regulation
February 10, 2022
Preparing for Mifid II sustainability preference regulations
Later this year, new Mifid rules will require investment firms to account for clients' sustainability preferences. However, the industry may not be ready for this...
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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 follows other countries' similar initiatives – as well as the UK financial sector's...
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February 3, 2022
ESG news: February 3 edition
EU pushes ahead with taxonomy proposal for gas and nuclear As anticipated, on Wednesday, the European Commission approved plans to include natural gas and nuclear...
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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, rather than harmonisation, and created opportunities for 'rules shopping' The regulation of sustainable...
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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...
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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...
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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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January 12, 2022
Sustainability-linked derivatives markets primed for growth
Derivatives with sustainability targets attached to them are becoming more common, but are they really an effective tool for improving a company’s sustainability? Marie Kemplay reports on structuring and regulatory...
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December 15, 2021
Enel: zero emissions and fully 'electrified' by 2040
The multinational energy group does not believe in offsetting and plans to get all its business and retail customers to abandon gas as it aims to cut emissions to zero...
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