31 Jul, 2024 Changes to the UK Stewardship Code seek to ease the burdens on signatories and support the growth of UK capital markets By Elisabeth Overland Christopher Bernard Yashi Chandra On 22 July 2024, the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) announced several immediate revisions to the UK Stewardship Code 2020 in order to...
01 May, 2024 FCA publishes finalised guidance on the anti-greenwashing rule By Luke FitzGerald Elisabeth Overland The FCA has published its finalised guidance on the anti-greenwashing rule, alongside a consultation paper (which we summarise here) on...
04 Dec, 2023 On the road(map) to sustainable investing: The FCA’s final rules on sustainability disclosures and labelling By Elisabeth Overland Fran Kaehr The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published its long-awaited Policy Statement on Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) and...
21 Sep, 2023 UK Green Taxonomy – GTAG provides further technical advice to the UK Government By Elisabeth Overland Anthea Bowater Emily Smith The UK’s Green Technical Advisory Group (GTAG) has recently published several new pieces of technical advice for HM Treasury. ...
29 Oct, 2022 New FCA proposals aim to reduce greenwashing and increase transparency on sustainability By Elisabeth Overland Mark Kalderon Simon Orton Maisie Stewart +1 more... Show less The FCA has published a consultation paper (CP 22/20) (the CP) setting out its proposals for new rules aimed at reducing greenwashing,...
03 Oct, 2022 ESG in EU prudential regulation: is the framework ready for environmental risks? By Markus Benzing Alexander Glos Eva Schneider Falko Glasow Holger Hartenfels Carolin Kuehne +3 more... Show less The European Banking Authority (EBA) published an insightful discussion paper in May 2022 on the role of environmental risks in the EU...
23 Jun, 2022 How to manage and supervise climate-related financial risks – a view from the Basel Committee By Melanie Fitzsimons Emma Rachmaninov Claudia Rugue The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) has published its “Principles for the effective management and supervision of...
04 Jan, 2022 Enhancing climate related disclosures: The FCA’s new rules for asset managers and asset owners By Elisabeth Overland Mark Kalderon The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published its Policy Statement on new climate-related disclosure requirements for asset...
23 Dec, 2020 Climate and environmental risks to financial stability: updates from the ECB, EBA and FSB By Tom Rhodes Olga Sendetska According to the European Central Bank (ECB), most financial institutions do not have the tools to assess the impact of climate and...
09 Dec, 2020 The rise of ESG disputes against financial institutions By Maisie Stewart Simon Orton Tim Mak Anne-Laure Vincent Anthea Bowater +2 more... Show less Yesterday Simon Orton, Tim Mak, Anne-Laure Vincent and Anthea Bowater held a webinar on the rise of disputes against financial services...
20 Jan, 2020 Stressed about climate change? Bank of England to test the resilience of the UK financial system to climate risk By Shona Hughes-Daly Kezia Robson The Bank of England (BoE) has published a discussion paper detailing pioneering stress tests to assess the resilience of the UK’s largest...
16 Jan, 2020 Green finance: taxonomy is done but the real work is only starting By Lea Bareil Last month, the European Parliament and EU Council reached a much-anticipated political agreement (PDF) on a draft EU regulation on...