For a long time, both the PRA and FCA have recognised that climate change is a potential material financial risk to regulated firms. On...
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On 31 March 2025, the Austrian Financial Market Authority published its fundamentally revised Guide on “Managing Sustainability...
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Today (3 April 2025), the European Parliament adopted the Omnibus Stop-the-Clock proposal (STC) for the CSRD and CSDDD. As discussed in...
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Introduction On 26 February, the European Commission (EC) published its Clean Industrial Deal (CID), which is expected to be this term’s...
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The European Commission (EC) has published its highly anticipated sustainability-related Omnibus simplification package (Omnibus...
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The FCA identifies climate adaptation challenges for financial services firms Every five years, the UK government produces an assessment...
On 23 February 2025, almost 60 million German voters will elect a new federal parliament in snap elections after the collapse of the...
One of my last speeches as Co-Vice Chair of the Trustees of the IFRS Foundation was on GHG emissions, which arguably is the hardest bit...
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has exercised enforcement discretion to allow companies reporting under the Climate Corporate...
The Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) has long been the cornerstone of investment protection in the energy sector, offering enhanced legal...
The spectacle of COP is over again. A New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) on climate finance was agreed (albeit at a level decried by...
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The Federal District Court for the Central District of California on November 5 declined to grant summary judgment to the U.S. Chamber of...