organisation: European Securities and Markets Authority

June 29, 2022
Esma highlights ESG data and ratings shortcomings
Low levels of transparency on methodologies and lack of coverage top industry respondents’ complaints about ESG data and ratings. Europe’s securities markets regulator has identified...
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June 7, 2022
Regulatory Briefing: EU supervisory authorities clarify SFDR's technical standards
The three EU supervisory authorities have published clarifications on the draft regulatory technical standards relating to the implementation of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation. The...
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May 26, 2022
Regulatory Round-up: ISSB’s digital taxonomy, TNFD’s consultations, delayed timeline for the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market
The International Sustainability Standards Board is consulting on how best to make ESG data machine-readable from the start once it publishes its forthcoming sustainability disclosure...
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March 29, 2022
Regulatory round-up
The European Securities and Markets Authority has published its Final Report on the EU Carbon Market. This does not find any “major deficiencies” in how...
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February 22, 2022
Finding a universal definition of greenwashing
As the number of sustainable investment products grows, the European Securities and Markets Authority seeks to define the term ‘greenwashing’
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November 9, 2021
Risks emerge from patchwork European sustainability approaches
The opportunity for regulatory arbitrage in the EU may lead to further and tighter regulatory intervention The lack of minimum standards backing up asset managers’...
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