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Mayer Brown

Sustainability Coordinators: A Transatlantic Comparison

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On April 24, 2024, the Loan Market Association (the “LMA”) published its Sustainability Coordinator Letter (the “LMA Letter”). According to the LMA, the LMA Letter is “intended to provide a starting point for a sustainability...more

Hogan Lovells

UK/EU ESG Regulation Monthly Round-Up – March-June 2023

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As we reach the midway point of 2023, the Hogan Lovells Sustainable Finance and Investment practice thought it would be useful to provide a review of recent key ESG developments from March-June 2023 to assist with navigating...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Green Banks Express Frustration After Net-Zero Banking Alliance Declines to Impose Restrictions on Fossil-Fuel Financing

The Net-Zero Banking Alliance (“NZBA”), the UN-led coalition of global banks “committed to aligning their lending investment portfolios with net-zero emissions by 2050,” is facing backlash from certain sustainability-focused...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

European Central Bank and European Banking Authority Comment on Revised European Sustainability Reporting Standards

In January 2023, the European Central Bank (ECB) and the European Banking Authority (EBA) released their opinions on the first set of European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS). As we have previously discussed, a...more

Dechert LLP

MiFID II ESG product governance amendments in force from 22 November 2022

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MiFID II ESG product governance amendments in force from 22 November 2022 The new product governance amendments will require firms to specifically take into account ESG factors throughout their product governance processes....more

McDermott Will & Emery

Nachhaltigkeitsrisiken & Co. in der 7. MaRisk-Novelle

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Die Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht („BaFin“) hat am 26. September 2022 einen novellierten Entwurf ihres Rundschreibens „Mindestanforderungen an das Risikomanagement“ („MaRisk“) veröffentlicht, welcher nun zur...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Going Green February 2022 - Green Loans Series, Part 1 – Green Loans and the Green Loan Principles

In our January edition of REF News and Views, we discussed some key recent ESG developments in Europe and the UK in the financial markets. We want to follow this up over the coming months with a series of articles where we...more

Stikeman Elliott LLP

COP26: Key Takeaways and Action Items on Climate Change (Part II)

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In our previous post, we highlighted a number of global goals and campaigns aimed at addressing climate change. In this post, we examine climate change-oriented policies and initiatives that are being adopted by many...more

A&O Shearman

Sustainability-linked loans in Russia: a hot market

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When it comes to sustainable lending, the Russian loan market is punching above its weight. Many of Russia’s leading corporates have raised ESG or sustainability-linked loans (in some cases, multiple loans) over the last...more

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Global Financial Regulatory Trends Related to ESG Issues Outside the EU

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When it comes to sustainable lending, the Russian loan market is punching above its weight. Many of Russia’s leading corporates have raised ESG or sustainability-linked loans (in some cases, multiple loans) over the last...more

White & Case LLP

It pays to be sustainable – a new cornerstone for the green revolution

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Governments and multilaterals alone cannot finance the transition to a sustainable, low-carbon economy: the world's savers (via the banks and bond market) represent the only pool of capital deep enough. The OECD estimates...more

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