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COP29 finance day: Harmonisation initiatives the highlight of underwhelming day
14 November 2024Multi-jurisdiction taxonomies and a push for harmonised transition plan rules stole the headlines, as finance proved a sticking point, Michael Hurley writes
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IOSCO encourages regulators to clarify issuers' liability for transition plans
14 November 2024Standard setters and regulators have been "encourage[d]" to provide "markers on what would constitute forward-looking information" to show preparers of transition plans the extent of information they can provide without expecting to be sued.
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Investors urge EU against delaying deforestation regulation
13 November 2024Institutional investors have urged the European Parliament to reject a request to delay the EU Deforestation Regulation, saying it would unfairly "disadvantage countries and companies that have moved promptly to prepare for the new requirements".
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COP29: GFANZ backs call for regulators to define coal phaseout as transition finance
12 November 2024Governments and regulators could help investors by 'clarifying' that finance provided to accelerate the phaseout of coal plants counts as transition finance, according to the first report by the Coal Transition Commission (CTC) published at COP29.
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Invesco to pay SEC fine for charge that it overstated ESG assets under management
08 November 2024Invesco has agreed to pay a $17.5 million fine to settle a charge by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that it misled clients by claiming that a higher percentage of its assets were 'ESG-integrated' than the investor could prove.
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Creation of EU sustainability labels will tackle SFDR greenwashing, prospective commissioner says
07 November 2024"Greenwashing" facilitated by misuse of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) could be tackled with the creation of sustainability labels, the prospective European Commissioner for financial services has suggested.
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Trump victory 'will cast a shadow over' COP29
07 November 2024Donald Trump's victory in this week's US federal election, and his earlier pledge to remove the country from the Paris Agreement for a second time, "will cast a shadow over" the COP29 UN climate negotiations beginning next week.
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Transition plan guidance published for EU disclosure rules
05 November 2024Draft guidance has been published to help organisations preparing to report in line with EU disclosure regulations create climate mitigation transition plans.
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Gaps remain despite progress on PAI reporting, as regulators told to step up scrutiny
01 November 2024Gaps remain in financial institutions' reporting of the 'principal adverse impacts' (PAIs) of investments, and despite gradual improvements in some areas EU regulators were told to "increasingly challenge" investors on their reporting.
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EU 'discussing criteria' for sustainable, transition categories to replace SFDR Articles 8 and 9
23 October 2024Discussions within the European Commission are "advanced" on eligibility criteria for 'sustainable' and 'transition' categories that would replace Articles 8 and 9 of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), according to a source claiming knowledge of the talks.