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SFDR must provide best practice ASAP as reporting fatigue worsens, says Rathbones

The forthcoming overhaul of the EU's Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) must provide "as much guidance and best practice [insight] as early as possible" to investors, Rathbones Asset Management has said.

Despite headwinds, climate finance is moving - and London is leading

London Climate Action Week will cover a range of topics, from nature markets to industrial decarbonisation, from transition plans to financing for emerging markets, write Rhian-Mari Thomas and David Harris

Omnibus opportunity to broaden EU taxonomy use via 'simplification', LSEG suggests

Plans by the EU to reduce sustainability reporting requirements are an opportunity to simplify the bloc's taxonomy so it can be more widely used by large institutional investors such as pension funds, according to the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG).

People Moves, 3 November: Fidelity, Blue Earth Capital, FoSDA, Low Carbon and more

Draft ESG data 'code of conduct' aims for international uptake

The creators of a draft voluntary code of conduct for ESG ratings and data providers have hailed it as a "world-first" for its attempt to set internationally consistent standards for the rapidly growing market.

London Stock Exchange Group promotes Harris

10% of firms face ejection as FTSE4Good tightens climate rules

Around 10% of all constituents on the FTSE4Good indexes face exclusion after the climate thresholds are tightened through a tie-up with the Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI) scores.

ESG data files: Part five - the impact of the EU's taxonomy

Will the EU's sustainability taxonomy reduce the reporting burden on companies, or could it be another weight on their shoulders? Michael Hurley reports

The ESG data files - part one: reported data

Investors are demanding an increasing amount of data from companies. What are its strengths and weaknesses, asks Peter Cripps

ESG indexes get smarter

Combining factor investing and ESG, and adopting AI-based ESG data are among the hot trends in sustainability-focused indexes, writes Peter Cripps