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  • Two more investors adopt SDR labelling ahead of FCA deadline

    03 December 2024

    A pair of investors have adopted labelling under the Financial Conduct Authority's Sustainable Disclosure Requirements (SDR), ahead of yesterday's deadline.

  • UK confirms plans to join EU in regulating ESG ratings providers

    15 November 2024

    The UK government has confirmed it plans to regulate ESG ratings providers to ensure transparency, good governance, managing conflicts of interest, and proper systems and controls.

  • FCA publishes examples of good practice for sustainability labels

    04 November 2024
  • Conference round-up: Sustainability Data EMEA 2024

    17 October 2024

    Now in its fifth year, Environmental Finance's Sustainability Data EMEA 2024 in London continues to shine a light on the rapidly expanding and evolving field of ESG data. Peter Cripps reports

  • Limited liability under consideration in forward-looking data consultation, says FCA

    17 October 2024

    Forward-looking sustainability data could encourage investors to assess risks more accurately, the Financial Conduct Authority's Sacha Sadan told an Environmental Finance conference, but raises the issue of liability.

  • ESG ratings regulation could cover transition plan assessment products, says FCA

    04 October 2024

    The UK's planned regulation of ESG ratings providers could cover forward-looking ratings such as those in the burgeoning market for climate transition plan assessments, the FCA has suggested.

  • FCA sees 'huge amount' of applications for sustainability labels after slow start

    02 October 2024

    There has been a "huge amount" of applications to use UK sustainability labels for funds ahead of a deadline this week, according to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).

  • UK firms facing 'cliff-edge' risks of fund name rule breach given reprieve by regulator

    09 September 2024

    Fund managers struggling to meet a looming deadline to comply with UK sustainability name rules have been given an extension by their regulator.

  • Risk of fragmentation of ESG ratings regulation remains despite IOSCO work, CDP warns

    03 September 2024

    Differences in how countries have devised rules or voluntary codes of conduct for ESG ratings and data shows that there remains a risk of divergence between jurisdictions that raises costs for providers and users, CDP has warned.

  • Wheb to adopt UK impact label

    02 September 2024