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  • Sustainability assurance: sailing a boat under construction

    12 December 2024

    The cost of gaining assurance, data quality and the need for subjective judgments could limit the usefulness of sustainability assurance, Michael Hurley writes

  • Hong Kong sets timeline for ISSB adoption

    11 December 2024

    Hong Kong's government has launched a 'roadmap' for the adoption of International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB)-aligned disclosure standards, with full adoption "no later than 2028" for all 'large publicly accountable entities'.

  • 'Now is not the time to take the easy path' on disclosure, Mary Schapiro tells EU

    11 December 2024

    The EU has been advised not to take "the easy path" as it considers cutting the sustainability reporting requirements, by one of the architects of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).

  • IOSCO urges ISSB-EU agreement on coherent sector-specific standards

    10 December 2024

    Sector-specific sustainability disclosure standards currently being devised could undermine the 'global baseline' for reporting, the head of an influential global association of regulators said.

  • SIFEM commits $20m to $500m Apis impact fund

    09 December 2024
  • Trump picks critic of climate rule to lead SEC

    05 December 2024
  • One-year delay to Deforestation Regulation agreed by EU Council, Parliament

    04 December 2024

    The EU Deforestation Regulation will apply one year later than initially proposed, after agreement by the European Council and Parliament staved off proposals from right-wing politicians to water down the rules.

  • Aviva fined by Luxembourg regulator over ESG failures

    02 December 2024

    Aviva Investors Luxembourg has been fined €56,500 ($59,500) for failure to comply with disclosure laws in the country including not meeting its own sustainability-related exclusions policy, according to the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF).

  • EU publishes answers to frequently asked questions on taxonomy

    02 December 2024
  • Ninety One raises $260m for third Africa credit fund

    29 November 2024