1/30/2026 11:36:40 AM 7 ESG trends to watch in 2026 By Juliane Hilf Douglas Bryden Simon Duncombe Cat Greenwood-Smith Vanessa Jakovich Sam Houshower Marlen Vesper-Gräske Jonas Köster Charlotte Aspin Léa Bareil Kate Collister Caroline Gregson Iris Hammerschmid Karl Thies +11 more... Show less For those involved in ESG, 2025 brought significant disruption, marked by political uncertainty, regulatory delays and rollbacks,...
1/13/2026 2:56:56 PM What firms need to know about the PRA’s updated expectations on climate-related risks By Cyrus Pocha Elisabeth Overland Emily Smith Joshua Ideson +1 more... Show less On 3 December 2025, the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) published its Policy Statement PS25/25 on managing climate-related risks,...
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...
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 6:59:09 PM UK progresses long-awaited updates to rules on sustainability reporting, assurance and climate transition plans By Vanessa Jakovich Douglas Bryden Charlotte Aspin Lucinda Huntsman +1 more... Show less Following a long hiatus since the announcement at COP26 in Glasgow in late 2021, the UK has commenced formal processes toward the...
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...
5/19/2025 11:57:26 AM The Next Regulatory Layer for ESG Rating Providers: ESMA Consults on Draft RTS By Falko Glasow Elisabeth Schemmer Building on our earlier analysis of the ESG Rating Regulation (February 2024), we now turn to its implementation phase: The European...
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...