Michael Hurley

NGFS seeks feedback on climate scenarios

Calls for the ISSB to place greater focus on transition

Some investors argue the International Sustainability Standards Board needs to place the transition to a net zero economy at the heart of its forthcoming standards. Michael Hurley reports

EU sustainability database passes vote in Parliament

Q&A with Sue Lloyd

Supporting company reporting of sustainability impacts outside the ISSB's financial materiality remit will be part of future work, the vice-chair of the standards body tells Michael Hurley

Explainer: The state of play with the ISSB

As the proposed international baseline for corporate sustainability reporting enters a potentially defining few weeks, Michael Hurley presents the state of play

Encouraging transition should be core to ISSB standards, Amundi says

Standard-setters such as the International Standards Board (ISSB) should place greater emphasis on ensuring corporate disclosure of transition plans is detailed enough to help institutional investors, according to Europe's largest asset manager.

EIOPA welcomes growing 'convergence' of ISSB and EU standards

EIOPA has welcomed what it called a convergence of the definition of financial materiality in EU and international sustainability standards.

Eurozone investors 'net buyers' of labelled debt, ECB says

Investors in the eurozone of 20 EU states are "net buyers" of debt labelled by issuers as green, social, sustainability or sustainability-linked, according to analysis by the ECB.

ECB seeks to narrow 'climate data gap' with statistics on debt, physical risks

A first set of statistics on the sustainability bond market, carbon emissions and physical risks posed by climate change has been published by the European Central Bank (ECB).

ISSB to allow omission of commercially sensitive information