September 7, 2022 The European Commission’s recent report on its consultation on ESG data/ratings providers points out the following: • More than 80% of industry respondents — ESG ratings providers, users, and companies rated — favor EU regulatory intervention…
July 28, 2022 Global ESG reporting standards are settling, with final days of comment periods at hand A consultation by the ISSB (the International Sustainability Standards Board, launched in November at the UN’s COP26), on corporate sustainability…
June 29, 2022 For ESG ratings providers in the EU, those who use that information, and companies rated: To get a sense of possible regulations on the horizon, see ESMA’s recent statement on the outcome of its Call for Evidence issued in…
June 23, 2022 Climate-related Regulation of U.S. Derivatives Markets: the CFTC Asks You to Weigh In The CFTC recently issued a Request for Information, asking the public how the CFTC should consider climate risk in its…
June 21, 2022 ESG Disclosures by Investment Firms: A Comprehensive Look at the SEC’s Proposal Our Greg Hotaling analyzes the SEC’s recent ESG related rulemaking here: https://cssregtech.com/2022/06/esg-disclosures-by-investment-firms-a-comprehensive-look-at-the-secs-proposal.
June 10, 2022 ESG Disclosures by Investment Firms: A Comprehensive Look at the SEC’s Proposal On May 25th the SEC proposed an ESG disclosure framework for investment advisers and funds, examined in detail below. With…
April 13, 2022 European Commission revised RTSs detailing ESG disclosures Financial advisors and market participants take note: Last week the European Commission bundled and published revised RTSs detailing ESG disclosures…
March 29, 2022 After Small Steps, a Giant Leap for Climate-Related Disclosure in the U.S.? Recent rulemaking developments at the SEC indicate that, if 2021 was a year in which it revealed its intentions about…
March 21, 2022 ESG disclosure takes a step forward in the United States Today the SEC proposed rules to enhance climate-related disclosures, modeled in part on the widely used recommendations of the FSB’s…
March 17, 2022 From Disclosure to Action Large Corporates and Financial Firms Face a New Breed of ESG Regulation under the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive…
March 9, 2022 ASIC’s Corporate Governance Priorities and the Year Ahead For ESG investment managers with Australian products in their portfolios, ASIC notes the following about what lies ahead. Acknowledging that…
February 22, 2022 Timeline of ESG Regulation Effective Dates Financial market participants take note: in the EU, ESMA just posted a convenient timeline of ESG regulation effective dates (dated…