Regulation

The EU’s Digital Services Act will impose tougher controls on content, advertising and algorithms.

The Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative also announces search for consultants to assist taxonomy efforts, as investor groups welcome new Aussie prime minister's climate shift.

More than half of 2DII survey respondents back banning aggregated ESG ratings.

Just 63 of 185 impact-labelled funds pursue impact objectives and report on progress, Hamburg University researchers have found.

The latest developments in sustainable finance: RLAM to abstain on Shell transition plan, IEA says development finance ‘essential’ for ASEAN energy transition.

Labelling natural gas a green investment could 'seriously damage the UK’s leadership position on sustainable finance', UKSIF CEO James Alexander warns.

The latest ESG movers and shakers: David Hickey departs Lothian Pension Fund, OTPP head of RI moves to GMO.

'You see legislators tying themselves in knots in writing these laws that don’t make sense,' says one market participant.

Market participants have until 13 July to comment, with a draft framework due to follow by the end of the year.

Sustainable finance industry group warns that the UK will need to 'learn the correct lessons' from the EU’s experience with its green taxonomy.