Michael Hurley

High degree of variance in CSRD materiality assessments undermines comparability, ING says

'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.

GPIF vows to improve tracking of asset managers' stewardship activities

Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) has signalled it will step up supervision of its asset managers including by establishing a database to track their stewardship activities and outcomes.

Public sector accounting standards setter splits workstreams

Sustainable finance rules 'fully consistent with' €800bn defence push, EU says

The EU's sustainable finance rulebook "is fully consistent with" a push to invest €800 billion ($920 billion) in defence, the European Commission said as it suggested it was ready to change sustainable investment disclosure rules to support its objectives.

Australian financial institutions to pilot sustainable finance taxonomy

The 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.

Danger of CSDDD repeal is real, says key architect of NFRD

The 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.

Revised Stewardship Code could increase reporting burden rather than reduce it, NEST says

The simplified UK Stewardship Code could increase the reporting burden on signatories - contrary to the intended outcome of the overhaul, according to one of the country's largest pension funds.

Basel Committee publishes voluntary climate risk disclosure framework

The influential Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) has published a voluntary framework for disclosure of climate-related financial risks by banks rather than integrating it into Pillar 3 requirements as initially intended.

Key MEP proposes raising CSRD threshold to exclude more mid-sized firms

SEC withdraws ESG fund name rules

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has formally withdrawn proposals to govern the information fund managers and advisers must provide when they market funds as having an environmental, social or governance (ESG) focus.