Michael Hurley

French government warned against 'institutionalising' greenwashing in Label ISR

Japan's 'green transformation' bond: A test case for transition finance

The Japanese government's inaugural transition bond is expected to include controversial technologies. Michael Hurley reports

IIGCC calls for clarity on transition plan disclosure in EU due diligence rules

EU ESG ratings regulation should require double materiality disclosure, parliament told

ESG data regulation risks fragmenting industry, major data providers warn

Divergence in regulatory approaches risks fragmenting the lucrative global market for ESG data, a group of major data providers has warned.

SEC's Gensler warns against legal challenge to climate disclosure rules

US companies will follow overseas climate reporting rules if an update to the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) climate rule is overturned in court, the regulator's head warned.

Investors 'trapped in quandary over whether 1.5°C is achievable'

Investors are "trapped" in a quandary of working towards targets based on keeping warming to 1.5°C, while confidence evaporates that countries and companies are reducing emissions at a fast enough rate to do so, an asset owner has warned.

EFRAG outlines more than 1,000 datapoints to meet EU disclosure regulation

'Little correlation' between funds with sustainability labels and SFDR ambition

There is little correlation between funds that attain labels to prove their sustainability credentials and those that self-categorise as 'Article 9' funds under the most ambitious category of the EU's Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), according to Novethic.

Tackle greenwashing or face regulation, Swiss government challenges industry

The Swiss government has threatened to introduce regulation to tackle greenwashing among financial institutions unless the industry can show it can address the issue itself.