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  • UK sustainability disclosure rules unveiled in 'important moment' for tackling greenwashing

    28 November 2023

    The publication of UK sustainability disclosure requirements (SDRs), sustainable investment labels and an "anti-greenwashing rule" has been hailed "an important moment" in building trust in sustainability claims by investment funds.

  • Transition plan disclosure 'most significant' next step, says FCA

    09 October 2023

    Transition plan disclosures are the "most significant next step" for sustainability disclosures, the UK's financial services regulator has said, as it prepares to consult on mandatory disclosures.

  • FCA labelling and disclosure framework 'clear step forward' on greenwashing

    26 January 2023

    Industry experts have welcomed the UK Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) proposed Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) and sustainable investment labels - but voiced concern at the potential impact of some of its definitions.

  • FCA unveils measures to 'clamp down' on greenwashing

    25 October 2022

    The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has proposed a set of sustainability labels and restrictions to "clamp down" on greenwashing.

  • The Future of ESG Data Conference: Highlights

    20 October 2022

    Environmental Finance's in-person conference on The Future of ESG Data this week highlighted the numerous challenges that are being addressed in the space, as related regulatory and market developments unfold at record pace

  • Binary views on double materiality 'unhelpful', says FCA

    17 October 2022

    Discussions of double materiality as binary are 'unhelpful', a senior executive at the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has said.

  • FCA preparing transition plan disclosure framework

    17 October 2022

  • Comment: The UK's sustainable finance rules: A job half done

    07 October 2022

    The new UK government needs to finish the job started by its predecessors, and belatedly finalise its sustainable finance policies, writes Peter Cripps

  • People Moves 23 September: HSBC, Impax, LGIM ... and more

    23 September 2022

  • FCA warns against 'misleading' disclosures

    01 August 2022

    The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has warned against issuers making "misleading" disclosures and net zero commitments.