On 8 September 2023, the Green Technical Advisory Group (GTAG) published the following two reports:
The objective of this paper is twofold. Firstly, it provides the GTAG’s recommendations on how activities previously considered environmentally sustainable, i.e., ‘green’, are affected
On 7 September 2023, the FCA published its response to the International Sustainability Standards Board’s (ISSB) request for information in its consultation on agenda priorities.
The ISSB issued the consultation in May 2023, seeking feedback on its priorities for its next two-year work plan following the publication of the first two standards (IFRS
On 7 September 2023, the Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) published the beta version of its conceptual framework for nature-related financial risks to guide policies and action by central banks and financial supervisors.
The framework creates a shared science-based understanding of, and common language for, nature-related financial risks to help central
On 6 September 2023, the European Central Bank (ECB) published Occasional Paper No 328 – The road to Paris: stress testing the transition towards a net-zero economy.
The ECB states that this Occasional Paper contributes to the field of climate stress testing by introducing the following three key innovations:
On 5 September 2023, the Financial Services Consumer Panel (FSCP) published a final report on financial services firms’ personal data use, in which it considers whether that use is leading to bias and detriment for consumers with protected characteristics.
The report addresses the assumption that some groups of consumers are experiencing bias and
On 4 September 2023, the European Central Bank (ECB) published the keynote speech, given by Frank Elderson, Member of the ECB Executive Board and Vice-Chair of the ECB Supervisory Board, delivered at the ECB legal conference. The speech addressed the risks of climate and environment-related litigation for the banking sector.
In his
On 1 September 2023, the Green Technical Advisory Group (GTAG) published the following reports:
The report provides advice on the benefits and implications of adapting the coverage of the UK Green Taxonomy
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On 10 August 2023, the FCA published Primary Market Bulletin 45.
Primary Market Bulletin 45 focuses on the International Sustainability Standards Board’s (ISSB) publication on 26 June 2023 of its first 2 IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards (ISSB standards):
On 2 August 2023, the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) issued guidance on the UK government’s framework to create UK Sustainability Disclosure Standards (UK SDS) by assessing and endorsing the global corporate reporting baseline of the IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards issued by the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB).