Regulation
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UK Asset Management Taskforce Launches Stewardship Blueprint
November 24, 2020Report encourages UK institutional investors to ‘build back better’ with sustainable growth.
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FSB Warns of Sharp Falls in Asset Prices
November 23, 2020Physical and transition risks could combine to increase destabilisation, but report cites “numerous sources of uncertainty”.
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Thailand Proposes Compulsory ESG Training for Capital Markets Personnel
November 20, 2020Investment consultants and fund managers, among others, would be required to undergo a mandatory training module covering ESG at licence renewal.
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IA Issues Seven Commitments to Help Investors Tackle Climate Risk
November 19, 2020Trade body offers support to asset managers and clients ahead of COP26.
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ASEAN Central Banks Endorse Collective Approach to Climate Risk
November 19, 2020A new report offers a set of non-binding recommendations to promote a unified ASEAN approach towards managing climate and environment-related risks.
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Exchanges to Support Investor Need for Climate Disclosures – UN SSE
November 18, 2020United Nations SSE expects to publish climate-related reporting guidelines next year.
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Getting to Grips with the EU Taxonomy Regulation
November 17, 2020Designed to deter greenwashing, will the new classification system release asset owners to invest sustainably?
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Paris-alignment for UK Pension Schemes Defeated
November 17, 2020Pensions minister rejects Labour Party amendment as an unnecessary and “blunt measure”.
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Climate Reporting by Southern, Eastern European Firms Falls Short
November 13, 2020Most companies failing to comply with EU Non-Financial Reporting Directive.
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Leadership Not Incentivised to Tackle Climate Risks
November 13, 202078% of executives across surveyed sectors worry climate risk could lose them their jobs over next five years.
