Big Picture

ESG Bond Issuance to Quadruple by 2025

27/01/2022

New Pictet-IIF report says inconsistent disclosures are limiting growth, with ‘climate-aligned’ bonds meeting the supply shortfall.

ESG / Sustainability

PRI Warns Sovereign Debt Investors on Human Rights

18/01/2022

UN body encourages engagement, due diligence; World Bank outlines sustainability bonds framework.

ESG / Sustainability

ESG Explainer: UK Sustainability Disclosure Requirements

17/01/2022

New framework aims to broaden sustainability reporting and embrace double materiality but faces long path to law.

ESG / Sustainability

FCA’s TCFD Rules for Asset Managers to Allow for Data Gaps

20/12/2021

Product-level disclosures to users can be limited for transitional period where proxies deemed insufficient.

ESG / Sustainability

US Climate Reporting Framework Expected Q1 2022

08/12/2021

The framework is complex and SEC staff want to “get it right first time”, says PRI’s Head of US Policy Gregory Hershman.

ESG / Sustainability

SFDR Level 2 Delayed Yet Again

04/12/2021

Complexity of combining SFDR and Taxonomy-specific RTSs pushes implementation date back to 2023.

AML / KYC

EU Due Diligence Initiative Back in Focus After Delays

01/12/2021

Much-postponed proposal now expected in December, following the unveiling of EU deforestation supply chain due diligence measures.

Crypto / Digital Assets

Can Crypto be Green?

26/11/2021

Energy-intensive and unregulated, institutional investors are proving reluctant to back the rapidly growing asset class.

Big Picture

Alignment of Taxonomies “Critical” for Improving ESG Data

26/11/2021

A consistent approach to taxonomies is necessary to help mobilise capital towards sustainable solutions, said ICMA’s Ricco Zhang.