Policy and Regulation

Financial Conduct Authority signage FCA
Policy & Regulation, UK
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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Carbon Markets, EU, Policy & Regulation
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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China, Policy & Regulation
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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Heat pump delivery in France
Data, Europe, Policy & Regulation, UK
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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Brazil, Canada, Europe, Japan, Policy & Regulation, UK, US
March 1, 2024

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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Policy & Regulation, UK
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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EU, Policy & Regulation
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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Policy & Regulation
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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rewilding project in Scottish forest
EU, Policy & Regulation
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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UK electricity grid pylons
Knowledge Hub, Policy & Regulation, UK
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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Knowledge Hub, Policy & Regulation
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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