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G20 group calls for national transition plans ahead of COP29

UK told to accelerate ISSB adoption

Aviva calls for NDCs to become national transition plans

Countries preparing their next set of climate targets should use it as an opportunity to prepare comprehensive, national climate transition plans that can plug into those being used by financial institutions, Aviva has urged.

Manning quits UK's FCA, with SDR still in the pipeline

One of the architects of the UK's Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) has left his role at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) just weeks before the regulations are due to be published.

UK regulator says SDR will avoid conflicts with SFDR reporting

The UK regulator developing the country's Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) said it is wary of creating a "parallel regime" to the EU's sustainability disclosure rules, ...

FCA: Building 'trust' in transition finance essential

The UK regulator sees assurance of sustainability-related disclosures as an important next step in promoting integrity in sustainable finance, Mark Manning tells Michael Hurley

The Future of ESG Data Conference: Highlights

Environmental Finance's in-person conference on The Future of ESG Data this week highlighted the numerous challenges that are being addressed in the space, as related regulatory and market developments unfold at record pace

Binary views on double materiality 'unhelpful', says FCA

Discussions of double materiality as binary are 'unhelpful', a senior executive at the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has said.

FCA preparing transition plan disclosure framework

FCA to publish fund labelling proposals this month

The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said it hopes to belatedly publish its fund sustainability labelling proposals by the end of the month, but there was no update on when the UK's taxonomy might follow.