Michael Hurley

Articles by Michael Hurley

  • Australia's prudential regulator to 'raise expectations' on climate risk management

    29 August 2024
  • BaFin backs replacing SFDR Articles 8 and 9, defining transition investments

    29 August 2024

    Germany's Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) has backed the creation of three product designations to address investor misuse of the existing Articles 8 and 9 as labels in the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR).

  • Scenario analysis, policy advocacy among biggest gaps in investor transition plans, Ceres finds

    29 August 2024

    Only a handful of North America's largest investors use climate scenarios as part of strategic investment decision-making, and only about half provide information on their climate advocacy, according to a Ceres analysis of their transition plans.

  • Putting transition plans to the test: Morningstar Sustainalytics

    29 August 2024

    Investors face a tough task scrutinising corporate transition plans - but an increasing number of tools promise to help. In the fourth article in a series, Michael Hurley examines Sustainalytics's Low Carbon Transition Ratings

  • Commission faces legal challenge over taxonomy criteria for aviation, shipping

    28 August 2024

    The European Commission faces a legal challenge of its inclusion of aviation and shipping criteria in its sustainability taxonomy, after NGOs accused it of greenwashing.

  • Trump victory could see EV makers bear brunt of weakened IRA, says MUFG

    27 August 2024

    Subsidies for the purchase of electric vehicles (EVs) are among areas of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) set to be most at risk if Donald Trump wins re-election later this year, according to researchers at MUFG.

  • NBIM to invest €900m in CIP renewables fund

    27 August 2024
  • Danish FSA to include 'responsible' funds when it implements EU name rules

    27 August 2024
  • Fed must address climate 'elephant in the room'

    23 August 2024
  • Australian regulator warns of more action against suspected greenwashing

    23 August 2024

    The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has said it is investigating several suspected greenwashing cases and expects to take further "enforcement action" to penalise greenwashing.

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