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IOSCO to study risks from new green financial products

Regulating ESG ratings: Mission impossible?

As regulators around the world seek to define good practice for ESG raters, they are discovering the complexities of doing so, writes Michael Hurley

'Greenhushing' punishable by regulators, IOSCO greenwashing paper says

Financial institutions under-reporting their sustainability credentials to evade investor scrutiny or regulatory requirements may be punished under existing regulations, according to a report by the board of the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO).

IOSCO endorsement 'could see 130,000 companies report under ISSB'

Formal endorsement of international sustainability reporting standards by a global regulatory body has been hailed as a "a very important day for financial markets around the world",...

IOSCO: regulators need to help carbon markets 'avoid past mistakes'

Securities and futures markets regulators should help improve "transparency and integrity" in compliance carbon markets, according to a report by the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO).

'It will help us have more honest conversations'

Investors welcome the IFRS sustainability standards and say, by boosting comparability, they will aid engagement. Michael Hurley reports

Q&A: IOSCO and the carbon markets

Rostin Behnam and Verena Ross answer questions about why it has issued two reports on the carbon markets

IOSCO works on ESG rating provider guidance amid 'serious questions'

The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) is working on guidance for environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings...

LGIM pressures international standards body to adopt TCFD

Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has thrown its weight behind calls for the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) to adopt harmonised climate risk reporting.