Regulation

The latest developments in sustainable finance: Accenture UK buys Avieco; deadline for FRC lab project on net-zero commitments; NZ government seeks feedback on anti-slavery legislation.

As her tenure draws to a close, Sara Thornton talks financial institutions’ role in tackling modern slavery, and why legislation needs to go further.

More Republican senators and congressman, as well as state legislator associations, have pushed back against the inclusion of sustainability considerations.

The standards will fill out gaps in the EU’s SFDR legislation.

The UK regulator will measure performance on incidence of misleading ESG marketing and ESG mis-selling.

New report from EU watchdog finds ESG funds outperform, with impact strategies seeing greatest returns in 2020.

The latest developments in sustainable finance: new industry collaboration to develop biodiversity targets for financial institutions; British pension savers will have access to more educational resources through new campaign; the Economist launches ESG rating service.

The UK investor has kicked off the third iteration of the Votes Against Slavery engagement it leads.

It follows a global regulatory push to address concerns over a lack of transparency, comparability and potential conflicts of interest within the sector.    

Head of global regulatory body talks to Responsible Investor about ISSB, regulation and why better corporate reporting is the key to stopping greenwashing.