Further clarity needed on biodiversity framework
‘Financial institutions need to consider climate and nature risks in parallel’
Regulation
-
-
UK government issues climate disclosure guidance
Ahead of legal requirement in April 2022
-
ESMA issues three priorities for sustainable roadmap
A focus on mitigating greenwashing is at the core
-
An adviser’s duty to the sustainable investor
New Consumer Duty expected to be the biggest change to financial services since RDR
-
Tough decisions: Finding the middle ground with the EU taxonomy
Refinitiv’s Detlef Glow says the market will end up making the decision for regulators
-
‘No dishonesty’ in green label for gas and nuclear
Those preparing to legally challenge taxonomy say it now breaks its own rules
-
Classifying funds as Article 8/9 ‘does not mean genuine ESG integration’
Report analysing SFDR classifications notes emergence of ‘Article 8 plus’ funds, and explains why multi-asset vehicles struggle with ESG
-
Investors warned using gas and nuclear is ‘greenwashing’ despite EU taxonomy guidelines
UK lawmakers encouraged to learn from furore and exclude polluting energy sources from its own labelling system
-
Key regulation in the run up to COP27
A global standard for climate reporting is a step towards goals set in Glasgow
-
ESG regulation in 2022: ‘A watershed year’
With phase two of SFDR, as well as SDR, TCFD, taxonomies, ISSB and Mifid II, investors have a lot to get their heads around in the year ahead
-
Embedding purpose at the heart of firms
John McCalla-Leacy, head of ESG at KPMG UK, explores three trends the company is eyeing in 2022
-
IIGCC calls on EU to exclude gas from Taxonomy
Open letter ‘strongly opposes’ inclusion but some call this view too binary