3BL Media

JANUARY 18, 2024

FCA confirms sustainability disclosure and labeling regime The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued a policy statement setting out its final rules and guidance on Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) and investment labels. Next steps: The anti-greenwashing rule will come into effect from May 31, 2024.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Difficulties in definition continue to thwart efforts to demonstrate the financial benefits of sustainable investments. Sustainable fund flows attracted US$37 billion of net new money in Q4 2022, with global sustainable fund assets reaching a total of US$2.5 trillion by 2026, up from US$18.4 trillion in 2021.

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Chris Hall

MAY 17, 2024

European regulators have ratcheted up efforts to eliminate greenwashing from the investment sector. End of an era I – The fight against greenwashing inched ahead with the release of final guidelines for naming ESG- or sustainability-related funds by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA).

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Chris Hall

JULY 18, 2024

In addition, while SFDR was designed to enhance transparency around sustainability, Article 8 and 9 disclosure requirements have been used “in marketing material as ‘quality labels’ for sustainability, consequently posing greenwashing and mis-selling risks”.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The annual Sustainability Report produced by enterprise software firm SAP appears to reveal that 8 in 10 (83%) UK leaders will maintain or increase their investment in sustainability action by 2026.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 21, 2023

Moving forward, companies will have to report on their alignment to the new activities starting in 2025, while FMPs will need to disclose in 2026. Considering that aviation is one of the largest contributors to carbon emissions, developing a common lexicon to describe and encourage sustainable investments is critical.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Following on, James d’Ath , the TNFD’s Head of Nature Data, warned that regulators were already beginning to “move away from self-regulation to more government-led requirements, due to concerns over greenwashing”.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 6, 2024

. “Growth is the number one mission of this government With the global ESG market predicted to surpass US$40 trillion by 2030, investors and markets are making increasing use of ESG ratings to inform investment decisions and capital allocation. ” A question of terminology The draft legislation itself contains few surprises.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 2, 2025

That said, its not clear whether such a law could pass in the next two years, when the 2026 mid-term elections are expected to turn against the Republicans. And expect the Trump administration to reverse a Biden Department of Labor rule expressly permitting pension trustees to consider ESG issues in investment decisions.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 15, 2025

Mandatory climate disclosures came into force in Australia for large businesses at the start of this year, extending to medium-sized companies in July 2026. Nature will certainly come after that, says Jo Saleeba, Head of Sustainability at Australian asset manager New Forests, expecting this to be modelled on the TNFD framework.

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