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  • EU agrees sustainable investment disclosure rules

    08 March 2019

    Agreement on a set of rules designed to increase harmonisation of sustainability-related investment disclosures has been reached by the EU Parliament and Council.

  • EU Parliament votes for supervisors to consider sustainability factors

    11 January 2019

    A proposal that could empower European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) to include sustainability risks when monitoring financial institutions has won a key vote in the European Parliament.

  • European Commission provides the sustainability weapon... ammunition to follow

    11 January 2019

    Investment professionals have given a mixed reaction to draft EU rules on integrating sustainability in the fiduciary duty of investment firms and insurers. These rules are tied to another piece of legislation currently being designed and whose outcome could lead to significant change… or further greenwashing. Vincent Huck reports