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  • ESMA launches EU green bond external reviewer consultation

    27 March 2024

    The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) launched a consultation on the draft technical standards it plans to use for the registration and supervision of external reviewers of bonds issued in line with the EU Green Bond Standard (EU GBS).

  • French companies sound alarm at 'greenwashing' in ESMA sustainability enforcement rules

    22 March 2024

    The French Association of Large Companies (AFEP) has voiced concern that draft rules for regulators enforcing the disclosure of sustainability-related information will too strictly police perceived 'greenwashing' and be complex to apply.

  • Basel 'faulty'

    20 March 2024

    US banks have urged the Basel Committee to re-draw 'flawed' climate disclosure rules, writes Michael Hurley

  • SEC stumbles into battleground of climate materiality

    12 March 2024

    Letting companies decide whether emissions are material to their business opens the door for disputes, writes Michael Hurley

  • Republican states sue SEC to block climate rule

    07 March 2024
  • SEC adopts watered down climate rule in landmark moment

    06 March 2024

    The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved a landmark rule on climate-related disclosures, although it watered down elements of it, including no longer requiring disclosures on Scope 3 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

  • SEC poised to unveil hotly anticipated climate rule

    29 February 2024

    The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is to unveil its hotly anticipated climate rule next week, when commissioners will vote on adoption of the file.

  • SEC dropping Scope 3 disclosure requirement will not prevent legal action, lawyer warns

    26 February 2024

    The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)'s reported plan to drop a requirement that would require publicly listed companies to disclose value chain emissions will not protect the government agency from legal action, a lawyer has said.

  • Bond round-up: Japan, Verizon, MuniFin ... and more

    21 February 2024
  • Performance in Covid period shows resilience of ESG investing, ESMA research says

    20 February 2024

    ESG-themed listed equities funds tended to have better financial performance and higher inflows than their peers at the height of Covid-19 - indicating the resilience of the investment style in periods of extreme financial stress, according to research by a regulator.