Archive

  • EU Omnibus: Commission says it will not run impact assessment

    12 February 2025

    The European Commission will not run an impact assessment of an expected overhaul of EU sustainability regulations, despite calls from NGOs and investor groups urging it to run a detailed public consultation and impact assessment.

  • EU Omnibus can simplify rules and boost sustainability, says Insurance Europe

    12 February 2025

    Insurance Europe has emphasised its support for the European Commission's efforts to simplify sustainability regulations and enhance competitiveness through its first 'Omnibus' package.

  • ING: CSRD struggles feeding 'exceptionally high' sleeping SLL activity

    12 February 2025

    ING saw an "exceptionally high" number of 'sleeping' sustainability-linked loans (SLLs) in 2024, as corporates struggled to deal with the forthcoming EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) requirements.

  • Acting SEC chair signals agency won't defend 'deeply flawed' climate disclosure rule

    11 February 2025

    The acting chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has indicated the agency's new administration will not defend its own climate disclosure rule.

  • UK makes pitch to lead world in transition finance with launch of council

    11 February 2025

    London stands to become "the preeminent financial hub for transition finance" if a new Transition Finance Council is successful, according to its chair and former president of the COP26 climate conference, Alok Sharma.

  • Investors need to engage US policymakers to ensure ESG not prohibited, says ex-SEC director

    11 February 2025

    There is heightened need for investors to engage with US policymakers to ensure they do not prohibit consideration of material ESG factors in investments, a former policy director at the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has urged.

  • With AI, 'people will not spend time on reporting anymore'

    07 February 2025

    An 'AI Sustainability Agent' has been launched with the aim of transforming the task of gathering data for sustainability reporting from one that takes tens of hours into minutes.

  • Omnibus regs: EFRAG chair backs CSRD mid-caps category, says cuts possible to narrative reporting

    07 February 2025

    The chair of the EU's standard setting body has said it "is sympathetic to" creating a new category of 'intermediate'-sized companies if it helped achieve the EU's simplification agenda without undermining its goal of improving sustainability reporting.

  • 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.

  • Closed-door consultation on EU omnibus feeds NGO fears of big cutbacks

    06 February 2025

    A closed-door consultation by the European Commission of companies, business groups and NGOs fed concerns that major changes to EU sustainability regulations would include eradicating the 'double materiality' principle and transition plan disclosures, NGOs at the meeting said.