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UK consults on transition plan rules, ISSB-aligned standards
25 June 2025The 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".
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Simplified Stewardship Code says investors should 'have regard to' sustainability outcomes
03 June 2025The 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.
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What is the impact of the SDR's impact label?
28 May 2025The UK's regime has helped bring clarity to the impact label and could be copied by the EU, writes Jennifer Forrest
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UKSIF pitches taskforce to study how ISSB can reduce pensions reporting burden
10 April 2025Regulators 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.
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Which of the UK's SDR labels is proving most popular?
07 March 2025There are four labels under the UK's Sustainability Disclosures Requirements - but which are investors flocking to and which are they shunning? Jennifer Forrest investigates
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Global stranded assets exposure is $2.3trn, estimates say
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FCA should provide clearer guidance on 'Mixed Goals' and 'Improvers', urges UKSIF
06 March 2025The 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.
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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 2025Investors 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).
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Investment Association says UK taxonomy no longer needed
07 February 2025The 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.