Policy and Regulation
March 6, 2024
Spring Budget: UK to regulate ESG rating providers
The Spring Budget includes a record allocation of more than £1bn for its latest ‘contracts for difference’ auction round, plans to regulate ESG rating providers,...
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March 5, 2024
Explainer: What are carbon removals and can they be made to work?
The EU’s carbon removal certification framework aims to increase the use of carbon removals while guarding against greenwashing. What do experts think of the latest...
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March 5, 2024
China's ESG disclosure rules will drive green investment
Beijing is betting on its new environmental, social and governance disclosure regime to enhance its green credentials, especially as an EV leader
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March 4, 2024
In Charts: 2023 European heat pump sales slump ‘not a surprise’ to industry
European heat pump sales drop for the first time in a decade as industry calls for policy certainty
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In Brief: Europe expands register of environmental crimes; Singapore to implement mandatory ISSB standards
The latest ESG policy and regulatory news
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February 29, 2024
Threadbare council finances threaten to undermine biodiversity net gain in England
A UK law requires housing developers to deliver a 10% net improvement to biodiversity on their sites, but delivery may be problematic
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February 28, 2024
EU CSDDD: ‘Politicians have hugely misread signals from business’
‘Chaos’ and ‘irresponsibility’ were the words used by MEP Lara Wolters to describe EU member states’ failure to advance the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive
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February 28, 2024
Progress of New Zealand climate case sets far-reaching precedent
A recent Supreme Court decision to allow a Māori elder’s case against seven private companies to progress could have major implications for climate cases around the world
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February 27, 2024
MEPs approve Nature Restoration Law
Various last-minute threats by rightwing politicians failed to sink the plan aimed at restoring 20% of EU land and sea by 2030 and all ecosystems in need of restoration by...
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February 27, 2024
Two-thirds of UK energy firms unsettled by domestic green policy
UK energy companies overwhelmingly believe that policy changes are needed to unlock investment, a survey by UKSIF finds
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February 27, 2024
Voluntary action is failing to cut deforestation rates
Regulation is the ‘only way’ to make companies and financial institutions act on deforestation after a decade of slow progress, says non-profit Global Canopy
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