organisation: International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB)
August 3, 2022
Regulatory Briefing: Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance pushes for tighter ISSB disclosure standards
The influential UN-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance wants proposals for a global baseline for climate-related disclosures tightened up, including the separate reporting of methane emissions....
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June 9, 2022
Comparing sustainability regulation across the US, the EU and the world
Amid numerous standards for non-financial ESG disclosures, new research highlights the challenges in creating uniform and comprehensive sustainability disclosure standards. Consultancy ERM has analysed the...
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May 31, 2022
Time for companies to lobby sustainably too
Millions of consumers, employees and investors are seeking to align their purchases, jobs and investments with their values. They want transparency and a clear understanding...
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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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May 19, 2022
Emmanuel Faber on emerging markets, double materiality and the link with financial reporting
The ISSB chair talks about the challenges ahead and the inevitable path towards interlinking sustainability with financial reporting. This week, the International Sustainability Standards Board...
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April 26, 2022
Regulatory Round-up
The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change has launched a Net Zero Stewardship Toolkit to provide a systematic framework for global investors to “hold laggard...
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April 7, 2022
Regulatory round-up
New nuclear and oil and gas projects are part of the UK's energy security strategy announced yesterday. Under the plans, in addition to greater investments in offshore and onshore wind,...
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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 the EU carbon market (a...
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March 22, 2022
Regulatory round-up
The US Securities and Exchange Commission’s much-anticipated proposal to impose climate disclosures on listed companies aligns the US better with many other jurisdictions including the EU, the UK, Switzerland and...
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March 17, 2022
Regulatory round-up
EU finance ministers have agreed a unified position on a proposed Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism that will introduce a levy on imports of carbon-intensive products, such as steel, aluminium, fertiliser...
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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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