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EU Platform identifies core elements of a transition plan

Analysis of EU companies' transition plans "lays the foundation for minimum requirements" for credible plans, according to independent advisors to the European Commission.

EU warned against undermining taxonomy as advisers unveil transition monitoring tool

The EU has been warned it could undermine its sustainability taxonomy if it follows through with plans to significantly reduce the scope of reporting requirements, in a report by independent expert advisers.

Public sector disclosure standards should use double materiality, GRI says

Japan publishes sustainability disclosure standards based on ISSB

EU Omnibus: Investors left to ask what corporate reporting cuts mean for SFDR

Investors face a waiting game to know whether cuts to corporate reporting will leave them short of the information they need under the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), with the result of a review of the latter not expected until the end of this year.

Disasters and currency risk: implications for development and climate finance

Foreign exchange risk is a development risk, and tackling it should be a core pillar of global efforts to build resilience in disaster-prone economies, write Ulrich Volz, Yuen Lo, Harald Hirschhofer and Callum Thomas

Sustainable Fitch: Majority of sustainable finance frameworks 'excellent'

Sustainable Fitch said that the majority of the use-of-proceeds (UoP) sustainable finance frameworks it assessed over the last year were judged 'Excellent,' but there remains room for improvement, including around increasing the level of specificity on social projects.

Patrizia invests $250m in Philippines mobility platform

Spain urges EU to maintain double materiality in CSRD

The Spanish Government has urged the EU not to drop the 'double materiality' approach at the heart of its Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), saying investors need this information to make decisions.

Make CSRD materiality assessments sector-specific, say German government advisers