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ESMA, ISS ESG to discuss the future of sustainable finance regulation
29 November 2022The ways in which sustainable finance regulation can evolve to help investors more efficiently channel investments to support the transition to net zero is to be discussed on an Environmental Finance webinar.
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ESMA offers 'backdoor' solution to SFDR fund labelling misuse
23 November 2022A major reclassification of self-labelled 'sustainable' funds is likely after ESMA proposes necessary - but complicating - naming guidelines, Anne Schoemaker tells Ahren Lester
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ESMA ESG fund naming guidelines are 'significant step'
21 November 2022The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has opened a consultation on proposed environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment fund naming guidelines...
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COP27: Regulators march on ... and on
14 November 2022Are regulators suffering mission creep at COP27, asks Peter Cripps
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Introduce ESG benchmark to tackle greenwashing, says ESMA
24 August 2022The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has recommended that the creation of minimum requirements for environmental, social and governance (ESG) benchmark indexes would help tackle examples of 'greenwashing'.
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Commission asks EU regulators for 'greenwashing' risk reports
16 August 2022The European Commission has asked the European Supervisory Agencies (ESAs) to provide reports within two years on the extent of 'greenwashing' in the bloc's financial markets and the potential policies it could use to tackle the risks.
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EU disclosure standards risk overcomplication, supervisors warn
09 August 2022Draft standards for European corporate disclosures on sustainability issues are overcomplicated, may disincentivise disclosures and risk divergence from global requirements, EU supervisors argue.
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EU reporting on adverse impacts 'lacks detail'
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Delayed European database for disclosures gets Council sign-off
30 June 2022A two-year delay to a proposal for a free, publicly available European Single Access Point (ESAP) for financial and sustainability-related information has been agreed by EU member states.
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ESMA launches sustainable finance working group
17 June 2022