WORD OF THE DAY® – Clean-Up Call
The European Banking Authority (EBA) has released an ESG dashboard, accompanied by a press release, establishing a comprehensive framework to improve the monitoring of climate-related risks within the EU/EEA banking sector...more
The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published a report on the data availability and feasibility of a common methodology for ESG exposures. In accordance with the mandate under Article 501c(1) of Regulation 575/2013...more
On 29 January 2025, the EU Commission published a Competitiveness Compass for the EU. President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, announced that Europe must fix its weaknesses (alluding the a persistent gap in...more
The European Banking Authority has published a consultation paper on its draft guidelines on ESG scenario analysis. For institutions using ..the internal ratings-based approach for calculating the own funds requirements for...more
The draft guidelines outline expectations for institutions to adopt forward-looking strategies and incorporate scenario analysis into their management framework to assess resilience against the negative impacts of ESG...more
The European Banking Authority has published its final guidelines on the management of ESG risks. The guidelines set out requirements for institutions for the identification, measurement, management, and monitoring of ESG...more
The consultation covers new methodologies for the financial sector’s GHG emissions reporting, including regarding avoided emissions, or “scope 4” emissions. On 3 December 2024, the Partnership for Carbon Accounting...more
The Financial Stability Board has published a letter sent to the G20 leaders ahead of their meeting on November 18, 2024, together with the FSB 2024 annual report...more
In this week’s edition, our focus remains on carbon credits where the first ever set of “Core Carbon Principles”-labelled carbon credits were approved. The three European supervisory authorities publish their final reports on...more
In October 2023, the European Banking Authority (EBA) published a report addressing the need for a comprehensive prudential framework that adequately considers emerging environmental and social risks. The report is a response...more
The attention of financial regulators on environmental, social and governance factors is significantly and rapidly increasing. A proper integration of ESG features in the business model of financial and non-financial entities...more
On February 13, 2023, as part of the European Commission’s Strategy for financing transition to a sustainable economy, the European Banking Authority (EBA) launched an industry survey seeking input on green loans and...more
ANTITRUST AND COMPETITION - The European Commission Reviews Its Informal Guidance Notice - On 24 May 2022, the European Commission (Commission) launched a public consultation to gather feedback from interested parties on the...more
"It can‘t go on like this!" This statement is not only made by the young people who pass by the windows of our office every Friday morning. In fact, this statement was already made binding by the Paris Climate Change...more
Das Thema nachhaltige Finanzierung (Sustainable Finance) nimmt weiter an Fahrt auf und steht Anfang 2021 erneut im Fokus: diesseits des Atlantiks ist zum 10. März 2021 die EU-Offenlegungsverordnung in Kraft getreten, nach der...more
The EBA consultation paper calls for the implementation of a Green Asset Ratio to measure banks’ sustainability performance. Regulators and sustainability-conscious investors increasingly expect banking institutions in...more
ESMA and the EBA advise on KPIs for transparency on institutions’ environmentally sustainable activities, and the EBA consults on prudential disclosures of ESG risks under the CRR. On 26 February 2021, both the European...more