organisation: European Securities and Markets Authority

Policy & Regulation
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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Policy & Regulation
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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Policy & Regulation
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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Policy & Regulation
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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Policy & Regulation
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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Policy & Regulation
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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