Michael Hurley

ESMA warns investors against vagueness and omissions in anti-greenwashing guidelines

CSRD revisions due by November after Commission grants deadline extension

EU's 2040 climate target needs to be backed by sectoral transition roadmaps, PRI says

Japan's planned ETS has spurred carbon credit price rise, says government agency

High-emitting companies who are set to be in scope of Japan's national emissions trading system (ETS) from next year have already begun buying carbon credits and driven price rises, according to the head of Japan's Green Transformation (GX) Acceleration Agency.

Japan hoping asset owners loosen mandates to invest in transition debt

International investors have not bought Japan's world first sovereign transition bonds at the rate the country hoped - partly because of restrictive mandates from asset owners, according to the head of Japan's Green Transformation (GX) Acceleration Agency.

Japan mulled delayed phase-in of ISSB after EU's Omnibus

A working group discussing implementation of rules based on Sustainability Standards Board of Japan (SSBJ) standards considered delaying a planned phase-in after the EU published its Omnibus simplification package, according to an observer.

What do reduced regulatory reporting demands mean for the future of ESG data?

As regulators pull back from some of their ESG reporting demands, it creates space for a market-led discussion on what data investors want, writes Michael Hurley

Dozens of financial institutions urge EU against weakening sustainability rules

ECB adds nature-related risk reference for first time in monetary policy strategy

The European Central Bank (ECB) has identified nature degradation alongside climate risk for the first time in its monetary policy strategy, signalling that it is a topic it is monitoring for impacts on price stability in the Eurozone.

Trump bill's clean energy cuts would 'freeze investment' in US industry, Ceres says