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The Platform on Sustainable Finance, an advisory body to the European Commission (EC) has published an updated version of its handbook on Climate Transition Benchmarks and Paris-Aligned Benchmarks (version 2), and has also...more
The Council of the EU has announced that it has adopted at first reading the financial benchmarks regulation with the aim of reducing red tape for EU companies, particularly SMEs. The regulation amends the Benchmark...more
The European Commission has published a legislative proposal for reducing the scope of the EU Benchmark Regulation. The EU BMR provides the authorization and registration requirements for benchmark administrators, including...more
On 13 June the European Commission (the Commission) published a new package of measures to bolster the EU sustainable finance framework. Its aim is to: “ensure that the EU sustainable finance framework continues to...more
As recently confirmed, the EU regulation on sustainability-related disclosures in the financial services sector, or SFDR, will go into effect on March 10, 2021, regardless of the market rumors of an official delay of its...more
The EU Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance has published a Handbook providing guidance on the EU’s new climate transition benchmarks (EU CTB) and Paris-aligned benchmarks (EU PAB), as well as on the environmental,...more
The Situation: Three major pillars of the EU action plan on sustainable finance ("EU Action Plan") at varying stages of development have taken steps forward. The Result: We now have a regulation on climate-related benchmarks...more
How to stay ahead of the curve, minimize future costs of compliance and feed the growing demand from investors for responsible products and services - Environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing is accelerating...more
The EU sustainable finance market has developed organically, guided by voluntary but universally accepted principles. According to recent research, climate change could cost up to 19 per cent. of Global GDP by the end of...more