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  • UK consults on transition plan rules, ISSB-aligned standards

    25 June 2025

    The UK Government has launched consultations on mandatory transition planning, UK Sustainability Reporting Standards (SRS) and assurance of sustainability reporting, as it aims to "secure the City of London's place as the sustainable finance capital of the world".

  • Simplified Stewardship Code says investors should 'have regard to' sustainability outcomes

    03 June 2025

    The final text of the revised UK Stewardship Code has been published, confirming a changed definition of stewardship which some observers criticised as weakened, with signatories told to 'have regard to' the environment and society when exercising their rights.

  • What is the impact of the SDR's impact label?

    28 May 2025

    The UK's regime has helped bring clarity to the impact label and could be copied by the EU, writes Jennifer Forrest

  • UKSIF pitches taskforce to study how ISSB can reduce pensions reporting burden

    10 April 2025

    Regulators should sponsor an industry group to study how the sustainability-related "reporting burden" on UK pension schemes can be reduced in the transition to International Sustainability Board Standards (ISSB) reporting, an investor group said.

  • Which of the UK's SDR labels is proving most popular?

    07 March 2025

    There are four labels under the UK's Sustainability Disclosures Requirements - but which are investors flocking to and which are they shunning? Jennifer Forrest investigates

  • Global stranded assets exposure is $2.3trn, estimates say

    06 March 2025
  • FCA should provide clearer guidance on 'Mixed Goals' and 'Improvers', urges UKSIF

    06 March 2025

    The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) needs to provide investors with clearer guidance on two of its labels, under the Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) regime, UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF) has urged.

  • People Moves, 28 February: Osmosis; Lightrock; UKSIF; Schroders Greencoat ... and more

    28 February 2025
  • UKSIF presents alternative to 'watered-down' UK Stewardship Code

    14 February 2025

    Investors have been asked to support linking investment stewardship to the creation of 'long-term sustainable value' in the UK Stewardship Code, in an alternative definition to 'watered-down' proposals by the Financial Reporting Council (FRC).

  • Investment Association says UK taxonomy no longer needed

    07 February 2025

    The Investment Association (IA) has told the UK to scrap its plans for a 'green taxonomy', telling the Government such a framework is unnecessary due to Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) and work on transition planning.