12/12/2025 12:19:15 PM FCA consults on regulatory regime for ESG ratings providers By Cyrus Pocha Elisabeth Overland Emily Smith Joshua Ideson +1 more... Show less In late October, the UK Government published draft legislation to bring Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) ratings providers into...
12/9/2025 1:24:47 PM SFDR Simplified - European Commission proposes a revised Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation By Douglas Bryden Elisabeth Overland Theresa Kreft Léa Bareil Charlotte Aspin Emily Strand Eden Elder Leila Symonds +5 more... Show less On 20 November 2025, the European Commission unveiled its proposed revisions to the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), the...
11/21/2025 2:10:53 PM ESG ratings providers: UK legislation will bring sector within FCA regulation By Cyrus Pocha Elisabeth Overland Anthea Bowater Yuki Zhu +1 more... Show less The UK Government has been working to finalise the legislation required to bring Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) ratings...
11/20/2025 3:43:39 PM CSRD/CSDDD Omnibus enters last legislative stage By Juliane Hilf Douglas Bryden Vanessa Jakovich Christoph H. Seibt Marlen Vesper-Gräske Léa Bareil Charlotte Aspin Valentin Weigel +5 more... Show less The European Parliament (EP) has agreed its position on the sustainability Omnibus 1, paving the way for the last phase of the...
8/1/2025 3:27:38 PM The end of the road for a UK Green Taxonomy By Douglas Bryden Emily Smith Fran Kaehr On 15 July 2025, the government confirmed that it will not proceed with a UK Green Taxonomy (the UK Taxonomy), marking the end of a...
7/15/2025 1:59:08 PM FCA confirms new 75% threshold for further issuances By Christopher Mort Julian Makin Tom Godwin Richard Ho Katie Bentel Egor Marisin Jennifer McCarthy +4 more... Show less The FCA has today published final rules to implement the new public offers and admissions to trading regime (in PS 25/9, following its...
7/7/2025 2:38:39 PM A step closer to mandatory transition plans for UK-regulated financial institutions and FTSE 100 companies By Elisabeth Overland Anthea Bowater Maisie Stewart Eve Brooks Mira Dimitrova +2 more... Show less On 25 June 2025, the UK government launched a consultation on mandatory disclosure of climate transition plans for UK-regulated financial...
6/25/2025 2:53:29 PM CSRD and CSDDD at a Crossroads: The Council’s Push for Revisions By Juliane Hilf Douglas Bryden Vanessa Jakovich Christoph H. Seibt Marlen Vesper-Gräske Léa Bareil Charlotte Aspin Lucinda Huntsman Valentin Weigel +6 more... Show less The Council of the European Union has reached a highly anticipated agreement on the content part of the sustainability-related Omnibus...
5/28/2025 12:24:24 PM The PRA’s updated supervisory expectations for managing climate-related risks: what this means for banks and insurers By Michael Raffan Elisabeth Overland Emily Smith Christopher Bernard Michael Byarugaba +2 more... Show less For a long time, both the PRA and FCA have recognised that climate change is a potential material financial risk to regulated firms. On...
4/15/2025 10:00:17 AM The Austrian Financial Market Authority’s new Guide on Managing Sustainability Risks By Stephan Pachinger Victoria Bazil On 31 March 2025, the Austrian Financial Market Authority published its fundamentally revised Guide on “Managing Sustainability...
4/3/2025 2:20:37 PM EU officially delays CSRD and CSDDD By Léa Bareil Douglas Bryden Juliane Hilf Vanessa Jakovich Christoph H. Seibt Marlen Vesper-Gräske Charlotte Aspin Lucinda Huntsman Valentin Weigel +6 more... Show less Today (3 April 2025), the European Parliament adopted the Omnibus Stop-the-Clock proposal (STC) for the CSRD and CSDDD. As discussed in...
3/14/2025 4:02:52 PM Foundations for the future of decarbonisation and competitiveness in Europe? A look at the Clean Industrial Deal By Léa Bareil Karl Thies Introduction On 26 February, the European Commission (EC) published its Clean Industrial Deal (CID), which is expected to be this term’s...