Archive

  • Q&A: The evolution of ESG data and regulation

    28 November 2022

    In an increasingly complicated market, the cost of compliance with ESG regulations will increase, but the cost of litigation could be even higher, say Paul Watchman and Thomas Harding

  • ESMA offers 'backdoor' solution to SFDR fund labelling misuse

    23 November 2022

    A major reclassification of self-labelled 'sustainable' funds is likely after ESMA proposes necessary - but complicating - naming guidelines, Anne Schoemaker tells Ahren Lester

  • EU and ISSB's salsa dancing.... In wait of the Tango?

    09 November 2022

    Public announcement of an interoperability framework close but not there yet, Vincent Huck writes

  • Sustainable bond round-up: your questions answered

    27 October 2022

    The Environmental Finance Data team answer audience questions from the third quarter 2022 sustainable bond issuance round-up webinar. Compiled by Guy Richardson

  • Comment: The spectre of Stuart Kirk haunts sustainable finance

    21 October 2022

    Sustainable finance needs bright new ideas. And, for that, we must encourage freedom of expression, argues Peter Cripps

  • The Future of ESG Data Conference: Highlights

    20 October 2022

    Environmental Finance's in-person conference on The Future of ESG Data this week highlighted the numerous challenges that are being addressed in the space, as related regulatory and market developments unfold at record pace

  • Q&A with IOSCO's Kris Nathanail

    20 October 2022

    Following her keynote address at Environmental Finance's The Future of ESG Data conference, IOSCO's senior policy advisor gives her assessment of the challenges facing the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB)

  • Fund-level scenario analysis requirement is 'regulatory overkill'

    19 October 2022

    The merits and shortcomings of scenario analysis were debated at a panel discussion at The Future of ESG Data conference. Peter Cripps reports

  • Dealing with inconsistent ESG data

    18 October 2022

    A consistent ESG investment approach is 'largely impossible' across asset classes with current data, The Future of ESG Data 2022 conference heard. Ahren Lester reports

  • Avant garde: biodiversity reporting in France

    17 October 2022

    As French financial institutions report biodiversity-related information under the pioneering Article 29, Thomas Cox assesses the lessons learned