organisation: US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
June 13, 2022
US SEC action against Vale likely to have greatest implications for ESG
While the US Securities and Exchange Commission has been ramping up its focus on financial firms’ ESG claims, its scrutiny of corporates will likely have...
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June 10, 2022
US SEC's climate disclosures needed to protect investors, says expert panel
Panel of experts rebuffs criticism of US Securities and Exchange Commission's climate disclosure proposals, siding with chair Gary Gensler on their relevance to investor protection....
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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 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 25, 2022
SEC’s actions on greenwashing align the US with the EU
The US financial regulator’s fining of BNY Mellon for allegedly misrepresenting ESG information brings Washington closer to Brussels on sustainable finance work. Asset managers are...
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April 26, 2022
Tax transparency: the new frontier in corporate governance
An explosive shareholder resolution at Amazon’s upcoming AGM is part of a broader movement to redefine businesses’ tax strategies as matters of corporate social responsibility....
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April 14, 2022
Regulatory round-up
The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has published an initial proposal to create net zero standards for financial institutions. The proposal builds on both the SBTi’s 2020 guidance for financial...
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March 24, 2022
Regulatory round-up
New Zealand is proposing its forthcoming corporate climate disclosure rules will require only that firms set out the risk to firms from climate change rather than the companies’ impact on the...
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