Michael Hurley

Articles by Michael Hurley

  • Wheb to adopt UK impact label

    02 September 2024
  • Central banks face higher risk of monetary policy mistakes due to climate change, NGFS says

    02 September 2024

    The increasing frequency and intensity of floods, earthquakes and heatwaves due to climate change is likely to make it harder for central banks to forecast inflation and productivity, thereby raising the risk of "mistakes", a group of central banks has suggested.

  • Chinese stock exchange rules 'raise the bar' on tackling greenwashing

    30 August 2024
  • Texas sued for anti-ESG bill which 'discriminates against financial companies'

    30 August 2024
  • Vanguard did not support any environmental proposals last year

    30 August 2024

    Vanguard did not support any of 400 environmental or social shareholder proposals it encountered in the most recent proxy season, arguing that the proposals were either not addressing financially material aspects or "were overly prescriptive".

  • Transition plan rules 'should require disclosure of' expected climate impact

    30 August 2024

    Regulatory frameworks for disclosure of climate transition plans should require companies to explain what impact they expect their plans to have on greenhouse gas emissions, ClarityAI has suggested.

  • Transition plans can help dispel malaise in sustainable finance markets, ESMA says

    29 August 2024

    More widespread publication of credible climate transition plans could drive "broader willingness to invest in transitioning firms", in the face of a drop-off in allocations to European sustainability-themed funds, according to the EU's securities markets regulator.

  • FTSE 100 companies targeted by investor demand for 'say on climate' plans

    29 August 2024
  • Australia's prudential regulator to 'raise expectations' on climate risk management

    29 August 2024
  • BaFin backs replacing SFDR Articles 8 and 9, defining transition investments

    29 August 2024

    Germany's Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) has backed the creation of three product designations to address investor misuse of the existing Articles 8 and 9 as labels in the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR).