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What does regulation mean for the future of ESG ratings?

The EU's ESG ratings regulation raises existential questions for some providers, Michael Hurley writes

ESG ratings regulation stokes fears for smaller providers

Small- and medium-sized providers of ESG ratings face a choice between exiting the market or being swamped by costs associated with the incoming EU ESG ratings regulation, executives at several providers told Environmental Finance.

EthiFinance launches transition bond, loan SPO methodology

EthiFinance has launched a second-party opinion (SPO) methodology for assessing labelled transition bonds and loans after arguing we enter a "decisive decade" for financing the transition.

Cut-back EU ESG ratings regulation still disadvantages smaller providers, EthiFinance says

Steps to simplify the EU's ESG ratings regulation do not go far enough to assuage worries the rules will disadvantage smaller providers and drive market share to larger, often non-EU ratings providers, EthiFinance has said.

The eight themes shaping ESG data

The ESG data ecosystem continues to evolve rapidly. Peter Cripps explores the themes driving its development

EU ESG Rating Regulation to penalise small firms and benefit 'big four'

The EU's proposed regulation of ESG ratings firms threatens to penalise smaller data providers and could drive market share to the big US firms that dominate the market, it has been warned.

Social themes remain a challenge for European corporates, EthiFinance finds

European small- and mid-sized enterprises continue to struggle with performance on social themes, a report by EthiFinance has found, scoring just 38 out of a possible score of 100.

European public sector issuers 'setting the standard' for the GSS bond market

European public sector issuers of green, social and sustainability (GSS) bonds have raised their game over the past four years, a report found.

Don't drop 'double materiality' from the CSRD, urges EthiFinance

The EU should resist pressure to scrap double materiality from the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) as it overhauls its sustainability reporting regime, EthiFinance has argued.

Biotech and pharma sector lack transparency, EthiFinance study finds