On 21 November 2019, the European Central Bank (ECB) published a speech given by Andrea Enria, Chair of the Supervisory Board of the ECB, at the European Savings and Retail Banking Group Conference, “Creating sustainable financial structures by putting citizens first” focusing on banking reforms, the case for a proportionate approach to regulation and sustainable … Continue Reading
On 21 November 2019, the European Central Bank (ECB) published a speech given by Luis de Guindos, Vice-President of the ECB, at the European Savings and Retail Banking Group Conference, “Creating sustainable financial structures by putting citizens first” focusing on the risks for the financial system in relation to climate change and its role in … Continue Reading
On Wednesday 6 November 2019 the EU legislators held their second trilogue negotiation round on the proposal for a Regulation on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment (hereinafter: the ‘Taxonomy proposal’). The proposed regulation will establish the conditions and the framework to create a unified classification system on what economy activities can … Continue Reading
In our latest financial services and sustainability video, Caroline Herkströter and Simon Lovegrove discuss BaFin’s guidance notice on sustainability risk. The video can be found here. For more videos and insights on ESG and sustainable finance, please visit our dedicated knowledge hub, ESG Insight.… Continue Reading
On 24 October 2019, the Council of the EU published the texts it adopted at first reading for the: the Regulation on disclosures relating to sustainable investments and sustainability risks in the financial services sector (the Disclosure Regulation); and the Regulation amending the Benchmarks Regulation as regards EU Climate Transition Benchmarks, EU Paris-aligned Benchmarks and … Continue Reading
On 5 November 2019, our colleagues in Germany will be holding an event on sustainability through regulation. The event offers an insight into the legal background as well as a panel discussion about sustainability as an opportunity to discuss current developments, innovations and the effects of legal framework conditions. For further information and to register, … Continue Reading
As previously blogged, the European Commission (Commission) has launched a public consultation on the implementation of the final elements of the Basel III reforms. Chapter 8 of the Commission consultation document covers sustainable finance. The Commission notes three actions that have been identified by the co-legislators in the course of the recent legislative review of … Continue Reading
