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  • ClientEarth demands UK regulator investigate Just Eat

    23 August 2021

    Food delivery company Just Eat and cruise ship firm Carnival have been referred to the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for investigation by NGO ClientEarth for poor climate risk disclosure.

  • UK's FCA publishes rules for mandatory TCFD

    21 December 2020

    The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published 'comply or explain' rules for company disclosure in line with the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).

  • Asset manager taskforce calls on bondholders to assert their rights

    24 November 2020

    A UK government-initiated taskforce has announced recommendations to strengthen sustainable stewardship in the UK investment industry, including encouraging investors to assert their rights in the bond and private markets.

  • UK endorses IFRS proposals to develop global sustainability standards

    11 November 2020

    The UK government has endorsed the publication of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) consultation on a global approach to sustainability reporting, and the potential establishment of a Sustainability Standards Board.

  • UK government announces green sovereign bond and climate disclosure plan

    09 November 2020

    The UK government has announced plans to issue its first green sovereign bond in 2021, as well as making for climate-risk disclosures mandatory for major companies by 2025.