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FCA proposes extended sustainability framework to include PMs

April 23rd, 2024

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has opened a consultation to extend the Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) to include portfolio managers.

The regulator said the proposed labelling and SDR …

TNFD and GRI collaborate on mapping document and guidelines

April 17th, 2024

The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) are once again joining together to offer guidance for companies on corporate reporting standards.

The …

Japan releases ISSB-based reporting standards

April 10th, 2024

The Sustainability Standards Board of Japan (SSBJ) has issued a proposal of its Sustainability Disclosure Standards to be applied in Japan, aligned with the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB).

The SSBJ announced…

SEC climate disclosure rules face more legal action

April 3rd, 2024

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will face further legal action over its climate disclosure rule.

Liberty Energy and Nomad Proppant Services filed a lawsuit to block the new …

Oxfam releases corporate driven inequality report

March 22nd, 2024

Oxfam America has released its corporate driven inequality report alongside its corporate inequality framework to help investors analyse how companies in their portfolios contribute to inequality.

The report, Inequality, Made in …

US Court pauses SEC climate disclosure rules

March 20th, 2024

The Fifth Circuit US Court of Appeals has granted an administrative stay to temporarily halt the climate disclosures rules released by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

The ruling comes …

France Reduction of Co2 Emissions and ESG

ERAFP updates ESG and climate voting guidelines

March 14th, 2024

France’s public pension fund Établissement de Retraite additionnelle de la Fonction publique (ERAFP) has updated its voting policy guidelines covering the evaluation of ESG and climate data.

The guidelines now …