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  • Australian regulator launches 'greenwashing' case against Active Super

    11 August 2023

    The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has started legal proceedings against the AUD26 billion ($17 billion) Active Super which allege "misleading conduct and misrepresentations" around its responsible investment fund.

  • Democrat lawmakers urge SEC to release climate disclosure rules

    08 August 2023

    A group of US lawmakers has urged the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to "quickly finalise a strong and durable rule" for climate-related financial disclosures and said politicisation of the issue "should not be a reason for delay".

  • Google chosen to develop free ESG data platform

    26 July 2023

    A consortium including a subsidiary of tech giant Google has been selected to build a free-to-use platform for climate data.

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

    25 July 2023

    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'

    19 July 2023

    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).

  • The great ESG data free-for-all

    10 July 2023

    The business model of commercial data providers faces disruption in coming years amid the launch of free data platforms, writes Michael Hurley

  • ESMA to search for 'greenwashing' in SFDR disclosures

    06 July 2023

  • Thailand launches taxonomy including some gas

    03 July 2023

  • Three Cambodian companies receive 'milestone' sustainable bond support

    27 June 2023

    An initiative led by the Securities and Exchange Regulator of Cambodia (SERC), UN and Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) has announced the three private Cambodian companies which will receive support to issue sustainable bonds, with three further firms to be targeted later in the year.

  • 'It will help us have more honest conversations'

    27 June 2023

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