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Transition planning 'not a legal trap', lawyers say ahead of UK rules
24 June 2025The expected introduction in the UK of rules requiring the publication of climate transition plans is unlikely to increase legal risks for companies compared with existing company law, according to specialist barristers.
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ISSB has 'fixed' sustainability fragmentation, Faber says on release of transition plan guide
23 June 2025Countries that have adopted the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) standards have "fixed" the risk of fragmentation of sustainability reporting for investors, the chair of the ISSB claimed.
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EU should 'reset' reporting rules to align with ISSB, says investor group
23 June 2025The EU should use its Omnibus 'simplification' drive to perform a broad "reset" of its European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) to align more closely with the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) standards, according to Dutch investor group Eumedion.
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EFRAG says it aims to cut ESRS by 50% as it unveils draft proposals
20 June 2025EU advisers aim to cut European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) by about 50%, they revealed as they approved an initial draft progress report.
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High degree of variance in CSRD materiality assessments undermines comparability, ING says
20 June 2025'Messy' Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) reports due to variance in how entities applied double materiality assessments make it "extremely challenging to compare and understand the first CSRD disclosures", analysis by ING says.
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EU ESG Rating Regulation to penalise small firms and benefit 'big four'
18 June 2025The EU's proposed regulation of ESG ratings firms threatens to penalise smaller data providers and could drive market share to the big US firms that dominate the market, it has been warned.
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Australian financial institutions to pilot sustainable finance taxonomy
17 June 2025The Australian Sustainable Finance Institute (ASFI) has published the Australian sustainable finance taxonomy covering "green and transition" activities - including those in minerals, mining and metals - which will now be tested by some of the country's largest financial institutions.
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Danger of CSDDD repeal is real, says key architect of NFRD
17 June 2025The prospect of a full repeal of the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) is real, a key architect of the bloc's foundational sustainability reporting rules has warned.
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Fathom builds climate scenarios into flood risk models
17 June 2025Data provider Fathom has updated its flood risk modelling to include future climate scenarios, described as "a major milestone in the development of quantitative flood risk models".
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TNFD to pilot test nature principles
17 June 2025The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) has begun pilot testing a set of nature data principles before making recommendations for upgrading market access to decision-useful nature data at COP30 in Belem, Brazil later this year.