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  • IOSCO establishes task force on sustainable finance

    16 April 2020

    The board of the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has established a task force on sustainable finance, with the aim of improving sustainability-related disclosures by issuers and asset managers.

  • Exchanges warn against rush to regulate sustainability reporting

    01 April 2019

    Leading stock exchanges have cautioned against the hasty introduction of regulations governing sustainability reporting.

  • ‘Material’ ESG issues should be disclosed, says IOSCO

    21 January 2019

    Issuers of securities should provide “full, accurate, and timely disclosure” of material environmental, social and governance (ESG)-themed information, the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has said.

  • People moves: IOSCO, London Stock Exchange Group, Simmons & Simmons, UBS

    19 October 2018

    Peter Damgaard Jensen has been appointed as co-organizer of the newly founded Global Commission on Adaptation. Damgaard Jensen also acts as CEO of Danish pension scheme PKA and chair of the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC), an investor association taking action to support a low-carbon future.

  • Stock exchanges group issues guidelines on ESG reporting

    04 November 2015

    The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) has issued formal guidance to help stock exchanges implement stronger disclosure policies on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues.

  • Investors 'must challenge IOSCO' as environmental disclosure slows for listed companies

    08 September 2015

    Investors must "directly challenge" the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) to ramp up its sustainability efforts as figures reveal a slowdown in non-financial reporting for listed companies.