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ISO transition plan standard working group targets COP30 launch
08 May 2024A group developing a proposed international standard for net zero transition planning by financial institutions aims to deliver it within 18 months, at the COP30 UN climate conference in Brazil next year.
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'Stand up and be counted': ISSB vice-chair urges investor pushback against divergence
08 May 2024Investors have been urged to "stand up and be counted" by pressuring regulators to align with International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) standards, in a call by the group's vice-chair, Sue Lloyd.
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Hong Kong publishes 'reframed' sustainable finance taxonomy
07 May 2024The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has published its Hong Kong Taxonomy for Sustainable Finance, a sustainable classification framework for the local market.
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Majority in favour of universal SFDR disclosures, creation of 'transition' category
07 May 2024Respondents to a European Commission consultation on the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) indicated a preference for extending sustainability disclosure requirements to all financial products and introducing a system for categorising investment funds that would include a 'transition' category.
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Korea publishes ISSB-based draft disclosure standards
03 May 2024 -
Danish regulator orders investment managers to address sustainability 'deficiencies'
03 May 2024Denmark's Financial Supervisory Authority (FSA) has ordered two investment managers to address what the regulator called "deficiencies" in how they accounted for sustainability risks in their processes.
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Much-criticised Green Asset Ratio 'not a complete failure', asset manager says
03 May 2024The much-criticised Green Asset Ratio (GAR) reporting indicator for banks has already helped significantly increase transparency surrounding their financing of sustainable activities, and "is not a complete failure," according to La Française Asset Management.
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'Minimal additional effort' to build on ISSB to meet CSRD, says EU-ISSB guidance
02 May 2024EU companies reporting under European standards can comply with global standards "with minimal additional effort", according to the European Commission.
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US considers 'exploring' sovereign green bonds amid demand perk
02 May 2024Leading financial market advisers to the US Treasury have suggested US sovereign green bonds should be explored further amid the potential to attract new investors and potential pricing perks.
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EU investigates how to mobilise private capital for low- and middle-income countries
01 May 2024 -
Financing under spotlight in plastic treaty negotiations
01 May 2024After a 'disappointing' end to negotiations on a global plastics treaty, financing the implementation of a future treaty has been named as a key topic requiring progress before negotiations resume later this year.
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Businesses urge California to unlock funding for climate disclosure rule
01 May 2024 -
Disclose now on climate to lay ground for nature reporting, Aussie regulator says
01 May 2024 -
CSRD reporting to 'extend far beyond those subject to the regulation', says Workiva
30 April 2024 -
Australian investor body seeks experts for taxonomy project
30 April 2024
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