As part of the UK Government publication of various documents on the Build Back Better strategy, Build Back Greener elaborates on the 10 Points Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution and details the strategy for Net Zero in the UK by 2050, by economic sector. The UK Net Zero Strategy - Build Back Greener [...]
A very important initiative was announced by TPI and the LSE Grantham Research Institute. It could deliver part of the solution to the need for ESG data, which is at the top of the concerns for the financial industry at the moment (as far as Climate Change issues are concerned). Their ambitious plan is to [...]
Canadian authorities are pushing for disclosures from issuers. To that effect, the CSA are publishing proposed National Instrument 51-107 Disclosure of Climate-related Matters (the Proposed Instrument) and its companion policy (the Proposed Policy) for a 90-day comment period. The Proposed Instrument would introduce disclosure requirements regarding climate-related matters for reporting issuers (other than investment funds). [...]
The ECB publishes a document describing the main characteristics of the 2022 climate risk stress test exercise and providing banks with guidance on how to conduct the exercise. There are 2 main chapters: • Chapter 2 which sets out the process for the banks’ submissions and provides a high-level overview of the quality assurance process [...]
The Executive Order foreword states a number of very interesting objectives for the Biden Administration (our highlights on key words): This report lays out a strategy to advance a whole-of-government effort that safeguards workers and families from financial loss and positions the United States for success in the fight against climate change. It includes a [...]
The TCFD (Taskforce on Climate- related Financial Disclosure) latest status report was published on the 14th October, alongside a few useful documents: Implementation Guidance for TCFD framework Metrics, Targets Transition Plans Guidance The annual report finds that disclosure of climate-related financial information aligned with the TCFD recommendations has accelerated over the past year, growing by [...]
This special edition of the World Energy Outlook has been designed to assist decision makers at the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) and beyond by describing the key decision points that can move the energy sector onto safer ground. It provides a detailed stocktake of how far countries have come in their clean energy [...]
BIS issues a very useful paper explaining how taxonomies should be structured, what they should try to cover and deliver, in the context of Sustainable Finance. The document proposes key principles for the design of effective taxonomies and uses those principles to develop a simple framework for transition taxonomies. The BIS paper discusses and maps [...]
GRI arranged a launch webinar to present its new Universal Standards on October 5th. Those Universal Standards are a very important update to the GRI standards, underpinned by a forward-looking approach to reporting on sustainability impacts. GRI introduction to the updated Universal Standards will take place on 12 October 2021 (at 9:30 – 10:30 am [...]
The ECB publishes the results of its economy-wide climate stress test, spanning more than four million firms worldwide and 1,600 euro area banks under three different climate policy scenarios. The results highlight a couple of major conclusions: 1) Firms and banks will benefit from early adoption of green policies and a transition plan towards a [...]
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