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Transition plans can help dispel malaise in sustainable finance markets, ESMA says

More widespread publication of credible climate transition plans could drive "broader willingness to invest in transitioning firms", in the face of a drop-off in allocations to European sustainability-themed funds, according to the EU's securities markets regulator.

EU sustainability fund name rules start date revealed

Germany's BaFin already screening funds using ESMA name rules

Germany's Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) has already begun screening new fund applications using EU rules governing the use of sustainability terms in fund names, months before the rules apply at EU level.

Regulators seek to overcome PAI challenges in SFDR Q&A

Ditch SFDR definition of sustainable investments, replace Articles 8 & 9, ESMA suggests

The EU should ditch the 'sustainable investment' definition in its Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) and introduce a two-tier categorisation system that would effectively replace the current SFDR Articles 8 and 9, an EU regulator recommends.

Missing data no excuse for not fulfilling CSRD reporting, ESMA warns

EU regulators pitch SFDR 'sustainability scale' and 'transition' category

EU regulators have suggested creating a category for 'transition investment' and a scale by which the relative sustainability of investments can be judged in an opinion on the review of the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation.

European regulators make recommendations in greenwashing reports

The EU's three principal financial services regulators have called for enhanced supervision and improved market practice on sustainability-related claims in new reports on greenwashing in the financial sector.

Management-level oversight required for use of AI to sort sustainability data, ESMA says

ESMA fund guidelines may be headwind for sustainable bonds, says Abrdn

The recently published sustainable fund naming guidelines published by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) could dampen demand for labelled sustainable bonds, according to Abrdn.