Regulation - Page 3

8-minute read
 
The Sciences Based Targets initiatives (SBTi) and Assessing low-Carbon Transition (ACT) have simultaneously developed transition methodologies for the Oil & Gas (O&G) indus...

Concerns about the agricultural and forestry sectors grow within the investment sphere as they are considered to account for approximately 25% of global greenhouse gas emissions, as well as a huge...

6-minute read
 
On July 21 2020, following a marathon EU-summit in Brussels, the European Council, composed of the leader of the EU’s 27 Member States, agreed on ambitious post-Covid Recovery Pla...

 
On June 9, 2020, the International Capital Market Association (ICMA)’s Green & Social Bond Principles published a new set of voluntary process guidelines for the debt capital market related ...

On 29th May 2020, the People’s Bank of China (PBoC), the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) jointly issued the Draft for Public...

Despite the unprecedented economic crisis triggered by covid-19 pandemic, financial regulators and supervisors do not lose sight of what many of them now consider a major long-term threat for fina...

Following the publication of the EU TEG Report on Benchmarks in September 2019, the European Commission (EC) has published three consultations on draft delegated regulations for ESG Disclosure and...

The European Union has not shown any slack in its drive for a more sustainable financial system in spite of the Covid-19-related crisis. In the search for solutions and new regulatory measures th...

In a context of strong growth of sustainable investment funds and a few months after the setup of a dedicated sustainable finance commission, the French AMF (Autorité des Marchés Financiers) has m...

On March 9th, the Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance (TEG) published its final reports to the EU Commission on the Green Taxonomy. 3 documents were released: the “Taxonomy: Final report...

Following the political agreement  last December between the European Parliament and the Council, the Regulation on “the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment”, the so-c...

According to Environmental Finance, the European Covered Bond Council (ECBC) is currently working on market initiatives which will set minimum standards for Covered Bond issuances to be eligible fo...

On the occasion of the recent World Economic Forum in Davos, Ursula von der Leyen showcased the Green Deal announced last month by the European Commission, stating that it constituted the European ...