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  • UK confirms plan to regulate ESG ratings providers

    09 December 2022

    Providers of environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings face being regulated in the UK under a plan put forward by the country's government which could make it the first country to do so.

  • M&G, Moody's chair UK ESG data and ratings code of conduct body

    22 November 2022

    The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has convened a working group to develop a 'significant' voluntary code of conduct for ESG data and ratings providers, which will be co-chaired by M&G and Moody's.

  • UK regulator extends climate and transition reporting rules

    20 December 2021

    FCA has extended coverage of its climate-related disclosure rules for listed companies and added requirements around transition plans for those firms as well as asset managers and life insurers.

  • BNP Paribas offers low carbon ETF in the UK

    06 October 2015

    BNP Paribas' index-based investment unit, Theam, has gained regulatory approval to distribute its low carbon exchange traded fund (ETF) to UK customers for the first time.