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  • US SEC adopts fund naming rules to tackle greenwashing

    21 September 2023

    The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is to require funds claiming environmental, social and governance (ESG) characteristics to prove they invest in line with the claim, under changes to its Names Rule designed to "prevent misleading or deceptive investment fund names".

  • 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".

  • Thailand launches taxonomy including some gas

    03 July 2023

  • BCG: Start reporting Scope 3, ahead of SEC rules, to gain competitive advantage

    09 June 2023

    Proposed disclosure rules for US companies are likely to pose significant challenges - but those that prepare early could reap a competitive advantage, according to Boston Consulting Group (BCG).

  • SEC risks becoming 'global police' on ESG, commissioner says

    17 May 2023

    Companies outside the US are increasingly likely to be prosecuted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for misleading or incomplete sustainability-related disclosures - risking making the US regulator the "global police" on ESG, an SEC commissioner has argued.

  • Sustainability standards convergence raises 'green bubble' risk, says SEC's Peirce

    02 May 2023

    Introducing substantially identical sustainability standards internationally could create "a global asset bubble" that would heighten financial stability risks, a commissioner at the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has warned.

  • SEC climate disclosure law 'to be delayed to H2'

    26 April 2023

    The US Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) planned climate disclosure rules are likely to be delayed to the second half of 2023, an Environmental Finance conference heard.

  • Thai regulator launches climate-risk guidance

    13 January 2023

  • SEC climate disclosure rules slated for April release

    09 January 2023

    Hotly anticipated rules on climate-related disclosures in the world's largest economy are slated to be published in April.

  • Sustainable finance: key themes for regulation and policy in 2023

    06 January 2023

    The year ahead could be dominated by ESG-related regulation and progress on sustainability data initiatives, Michael Hurley writes