Sustainable Finance

Sustainable FinanceJuly 3, 2023by Madhavan Nampoothiri

Transition Finance – Recommendations by European Commission

Concepts & How To Sustainable FinanceJune 1, 2023by Madhavan Nampoothiri

Attracting investments by intelligent sustainability reporting – Clues from the Eurosif survey

Sustainable FinanceJune 1, 2023by Sebastian Dürr

Climate-related data – the investors’ perspective – Insights from Eurosif – Part 1

Regulation Sustainable FinanceMay 11, 2023by Madhavan Nampoothiri

Clarifications on SFDR by the European Commission

Sustainable FinanceMay 6, 2023by Madhavan Nampoothiri

International Standard on Sustainability Assurance™ (ISSA) 5000

Sustainable FinanceMay 3, 2023by Madhavan Nampoothiri

Paris-aligned Benchmarks(PAB) Climate Transition Benchmarks(CTB)

Concepts & How To Reporting & Disclosure Sustainable FinanceSeptember 29, 2022by Madhavan Nampoothiri

SFDR, Double Materiality and Principal Adverse Impacts (PAI) Indicators

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...

Carbon, Climate & Environment Regulation Sustainable FinanceAugust 11, 2022by Madhavan Nampoothiri

US SEC – ESG Disclosures for Investment Advisers and Companies

On May 25, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued two ESG related proposals applicable to investment funds. The first proposal pertains to amendments to the Fund “Names Rule”, which adds new requirements for funds that consider ESG factors in their investment practices. The second proposal requires enhanced ESG disclosures by investment Advisers...

Regulation Sustainable FinanceAugust 8, 2022by Madhavan Nampoothiri

Singapore issues ESG Funds Disclosure and Reporting Guidelines

The Monetary Authority of Singapore, which is Singapore’s central bank and integrated financial regulator, issued a Circular on 28 July 2022 detailing the Disclosure and Reporting Guidelines for Retail ESG Funds. The new guidelines will take effect on 1 January 2023. A brief summary of the new Circular is as follows. Objective The objective of...

Sustainable FinanceJuly 24, 2022by Madhavan Nampoothiri

Financed Emissions 101: Measuring financial portfolio emissions

In his blog titled, “Has the backlash against financed emissions begun?”, author Louie Woodall remarks that “Financed emissions” are no longer in vogue. He goes on to explain why “financed emissions” were all the rage in 2021, but is increasingly viewed with skepticism and concerns and why “financed emissions” might not be enough to solve...

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