European Union ESG Content

Attached is a memorandum summarizing the IOSCO's consultation on "ESG Ratings and Data Products Providers", and Appendix to the Memorandum with "Detailed Overview of the IOSCO's Recommendations", with the corresponding Consultation Paper's questions for each recommendation. The...

On July 19, 2021, the UK FCA published a "Dear Chair" letter to the chairs of authorized fund managers. The letter sets out the FCAs expectations on the design, delivery, and disclosure of environmental, social and governance (ESG) and sustainable investment funds. The letter includes...

On 22 June 2021, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a proposal to introduce climate-related financial disclosures by asset managers, life insurers, and FCA-regulated pension providers, aligned with the recommendations of the Financial Stability Board's Task Force on...

We are currently responding to a European Commission's consultation, Retail Investment Strategy for Europe, which includes a number of questions on sustainable investing. The overall purpose of the consultation is to determine how to increase retail investor participation in the EU...

Attached for your reference is our response to the TCFD's Consultation on Proposed Guidance on Climate-related Metrics, Targets and Transition Plans .

On July 6 2021, to help improve the flow of money towards financing the transition to a sustainable economy, the European Commission (Commission) published a comprehensive package of sustainable finance measures

Yesterday, we submitted a response (attached) to a consultation by the three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA - ESAs) on proposed regulatory technical standards (RTS) under the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) for taxonomy-related disclosures for...

On 21 April 2021, the European Commission published a proposal to revise the NFRD, which is now referred to as the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD). This proposal aims to improve sustainability reporting by corporate issuers to ensure there is adequate publicly...

[33373] March 24, 2021 TO: ESG Task Force EU ESG Disclosure Regulation Working Group ICI Global Regulated Funds Committee RE: ESAs Publish Consultation on Taxonomy for Article 8 & 9 Product Disclosure RTS The three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA – ESAs) launched...