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'Regulators could follow TCFD example' by making TPT mandatory

Guidance on 'gold standard' climate transition plans could be implemented in UK regulation, following the example of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), according to a senior lawyer.

Transition Plan Taskforce unveils financial institution sectoral guides as regulation looms

Sector-specific guides on climate transition plan disclosure by asset owners, asset managers, banks and corporates in high-emitting sectors have been published by a group whose work is being closely watched by regulators preparing to govern the practice.

TPT mandate extended two years

2024 outlook: Sand in the gears of sustainable finance policy

Looming elections and burgeoning disclosure regimes point to a slowdown in sustainable finance policymaking, but the spectre of fines for greenwashing is on the rise, Michael Hurley writes

Carbon credits endorsed in 'gold standard' transition plans

Carbon market participants welcomed the potential inclusion of carbon credits as part of a guidance on 'gold standard' transition plans.

Transition plans urged to identify transition nature impacts

Organisations have been urged to identify how their efforts to transition will impact nature and society, and disclose these as part of their transition plans.

UK 'Gold standard' transition plan framework released

The Transition Plan Taskforce has published its final 'gold standard' framework for transition plans, which should pave the way for mandatory transition plan disclosure in the UK.

'Gold standard' UK transition plan framework expected in October

The UK Transition Plan Taskforce (TPT) said its ground-breaking net-zero transition plan disclosure framework will be published in October, with a consultation on sector-specific guidance to also be launched later this year.

BoE prepares transition plan based on TPT recommendations

The Bank of England is to publish next week a climate transition plan it says is based on the draft recommendations by the UK's Transition Planning Taskforce (TPT).

Transition plans key to stave off threat to financial stability, says Aviva's Waygood

Unless a material price on carbon is reached and governments come up with 'sectoral transition frameworks', the world faces a threat to international security and financial stability, according to Aviva Investors.