Climate
July 10, 2023
SEC’s Hester Peirce accuses agency of sowing ESG ‘seeds of chaos’
Republican commissioner Hester Peirce launches her most scathing attack yet on the agency’s crowded policy agenda, at a time of...
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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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July 3, 2023
Climate activist shareholders shake up tactics
Bank shareholders are diversifying their activism toolbox, amid dwindling support for radical climate proposals. Climate shareholder activists faced a tough...
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June 26, 2023
Afme survey: EU banks overshoot climate stress test demands
European banks are running climate stress tests more often than mandated amid concerns that the regulator’s existing tests underestimate the...
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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 30, 2023
Inconsistent ESG ratings due a regulatory shake-up
The use and influence of ESG ratings has grown considerably in recent years, but regulators are concerned about how reliable...
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March 30, 2023
Singapore completes third consultation on its green and transition taxonomy
The proposed framework is notable for its “measures-based approach” for industrial activities and its traffic light ratings system. Singapore’s Green...
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March 29, 2023
Financial industry braces for growing wave of climate litigation
Financial services institutions are reassessing their risk of being sued in climate-related lawsuits following a glut of high-profile cases. A...
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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 2, 2023
Hong Kong pushes ahead with boosted climate risk supervision regime
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s upgrades to its climate stress testing programme make clear its ambitions to be a leading...
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