Victor Smart
July 5, 2023
ISSB’s Sue Lloyd: ‘No reason for anti-ESG movement to oppose new disclosure standards’
The vice-chair of the influential standard-setter is pushing for more banks to adopt new sustainability disclosure standards, in the face...
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June 7, 2023
Finance sector faces new EU corporate sustainability rules
Tense negotiations between the EU Council, European Parliament and European Commission over the coming months will decide whether financial institutions fall within...
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March 3, 2023
Regulators consider voluntary carbon market involvement
Regulators are considering the extent to which they should be intervening to ensure voluntary carbon markets are functioning effectively. Is...
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February 3, 2023
US ESG backlash: a tide-turning moment?
Anti-ESG sentiment dramatically came to the surface in the US last year with a series of high-profile Republican-led manoeuvres. But...
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February 1, 2023
SEC climate disclosure rules unlikely to be effective, suggests commissioner
With the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) due to publish its final climate disclosure rules in April this year,...
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January 4, 2023
Global taxonomies battle risks undermining green finance
Dozens of countries have embarked on developing their own sustainable taxonomies. Many use the ground-breaking, if flawed, EU taxonomy as...
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November 29, 2022
COP15: central banks join fight to save biodiversity
Financial regulators converge on COP15 in Montreal on December 7-19 determined to push nature loss high up the supervisory agenda....
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October 27, 2022
Climate stress testing comes of age but modelling challenges remain
Central banks report good progress on developing climate stress testing but critics point to weaknesses, including difficulties in modelling for...
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September 29, 2022
European Parliament leans towards tough macro-prudential rules on bank climate exposures
Members of the European Parliament will shortly consider landmark proposals that would mobilise prudential regulation in the fight against climate...
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August 9, 2022
Basel Committee seeks more consistency around bank climate actions
The Basel Committee’s paper on climate change might lack ambition by the standards of European initiatives, but it may nudge...
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July 2, 2022
Onus on ESG funds to clean up act or face regulatory enforcements
Over the last year, financial authorities around the world have grown increasingly alarmed that they could be presiding over mis-selling...
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