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The package of consultations covers UK Sustainability Reporting Standards, transition plans, and assurance of sustainability-related disclosures....more
On 11 March 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (the “FCA”) published a statement clarifying that their rules, including with regards to sustainability, do not prevent investment in or financing of defence companies. The...more
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") Sustainability Disclosure Requirements and investment labels regime ("SDR") was originally scheduled to come into force from 2 December 2024. In order to allow firms to deal with...more
The regulator is providing temporary flexibility in light of concerns that asset managers need extra time to prepare. On 9 September 2024, the FCA published a statement on its naming and marketing rules under the...more
In our previous alert The FCA’s Sustainability Disclosure Requirements and Labelling Regime (SDR): A Flexible Regime for UK Private Fund Managers, we examined the final framework under policy statement PS23/16, on...more
The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) new package of sustainability disclosure requirements (SDR) and investment labelling rules is a key pillar of the UK government’s efforts to introduce an economy-wide SDR regime. All...more
The FCA has set out good and poor practices for asset managers to consider in relation to funds with ESG or sustainable characteristics. On 16 November 2023, the FCA published the findings from its review of how asset...more
In September, ahead of the Conservative party conference, Rishi Sunak announced a step back from the Government’s net zero policy and targets. This was followed up last week by the Government’s formal response to the Climate...more
The framework claims to set the “gold standard” for companies to contribute to the net zero transition while emphasising ambition, action, and accountability. The UK Transition Plan Taskforce (TPT) launched its...more
Companies Invited to Voluntarily Adopt New Nature-related Financial Disclosure Framework - On 18 September 2023, the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) published its final recommendations for...more
The UK standards will aim to increase the comparability and value of reported information for investors. The UK government announced on 2 August 2023 that it will develop standards for company sustainability disclosures...more
Welcome to the Corporate Briefing, where we review the latest developments in UK corporate law that you need to know about. In this month’s issue, we discuss...more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced that its widely-anticipated Policy Statement in response to the Sustainable Disclosure Requirements (SDRs) and investment labels consultation will now be published in Q3...more
The FCA has confirmed that it is delaying its final rules and policy statement in relation to the Sustainability Disclosure Requirements and investment labels proposals from the end of June 2023 to Q3 2023....more
The discussion paper aims to encourage industry-wide dialogue on sustainability related-governance, incentives, and competence. On 10 February 2023, the FCA published DP23/1: Finance for positive sustainable change:...more
On 10 February 2023, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a discussion paper on finance for driving positive sustainable change. The discussion paper considers firms’ sustainability-related governance...more
PE firms face growing regulatory and litigation risks from greenwashing claims as they navigate a fragmented anti-greenwashing landscape. Amid concerns of exaggerated or misleading sustainability claims, the UK Financial...more
Following its 2021 Discussion Paper, the FCA has published a consultation paper setting out proposals to enhance sustainability disclosure and labeling requirements for sustainability-linked investment products. The majority...more
In this alert, we provide a round-up of the latest developments in ESG for UK corporates. In this month’s ESG Market Alert, we cover: The expanding scope of EU rules on ESG disclosures; FRC Lab launches project on...more
In our previous client alert, FCA ESG Rules: The Next Deadline for UK Private Fund Managers, we noted the likely expansion of the Environmental, Social, and Governance Sourcebook (ESG Rules) of the UK Financial Conduct...more
A key plank to the Government’s regulatory ESG agenda is simple: investment in sustainable projects and companies will assist the UK in meeting its environmental targets. Consumer interest appears to be aligned: there is a...more
Alternative data is big business. Globally, buy-side firms spent $1.71 billion on it during 20201, over half of all hedge funds use it to make investment decisions, and it is increasingly used to validate the sustainability...more
The SFDR and the Taxonomy Regulation: Key Developments and What Firms Can Expect in the Coming Year - Almost a year on from the date on which the European Union’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) came into...more
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued a Discussion Paper (DP21/4) (the “DP”) seeking industry participants’ views on the proposed new Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) and an accompanying sustainability...more
On 3 November 2021, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a discussion paper on the UK Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) together with the long awaited investment labels (DP21/4). These reflect the...more