Sustainable Finance Disclosures Regulation (SFDR) is one of the three pillars of the European Union’s Action Plan on Sustainable Finance. Our first blog on SFDR provided an overview of the regulation (read here), and the classification of funds based on their sustainability objective (Article 6, 8 and 9 Funds). In this blog, we explore some of...
Once upon a time, not long ago, there were several rings, or frameworks, for reporting corporate social performance, or ESG performance. There was one for reporting on emissions (CDP), another one only for real estate (GRESB), one for sector-specific reporting (SASB) and several other general reporting frameworks (GRI, CDSB, IIRC, etc). Then in 2015, the...
First insights: The future European Sustainability Reporting Standard (ESRS) and the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) With the introduction of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), uniform disclosure requirements will apply to those companies in the European Union that fall under the regulations of this directive. The CSRD will replace the previously applicable Non-Financial Reporting...
ESG ratings, ESG reporting and EU Mandatory Disclosure Regulations – Companies are facing the 3 Rs The ESG landscape companies are operating in is changing. This article looks at the impact emerging from third-party ESG-ratings, ESG reporting, regulatory changes made by the European Union, and the options corporations have to respond to the 3 Rs. ...