On May 7, the European Commission (Commission) published its consultation on a draft Delegated Regulation expanding Article 8 of the Taxonomy Regulation ((EU) 2020/852) by specifying the disclosure obligations associated with environmentally sustainable economic activities relating to large corporations.
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ESG: ESAs Consult on Draft RTS on Content and Presentation of Taxonomy-Related Sustainability Disclosures Under SFDR
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On March 17, the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) published a joint consultation paper on draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) regarding the content and presentation of sustainability disclosures under Articles 8(4), 9(6) and 11(5) of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation ((EU) 2019/2088) (SFDR).
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Taxonomy Regulation Published in the Official Journal of the EU
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On June 22, the Taxonomy Regulation was published in the Official Journal of the European Union and it will go into effect on July 12, 2020.
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ESG: ECON and ENVI Publish Recommendation for Second Reading of Taxonomy Regulation
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On June 2, the European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee (ECON) and its Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee (ENVI) published a recommendation for second reading of the proposed Taxonomy Regulation on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment (the Recommendation).
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ICMA Publishes a Report on Definitions for Sustainable Finance
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On May 11, the International Capital Market Association’s (ICMA) Sustainable Finance Committee published a report setting out its proposed high-level definitions for the most frequently used terminology in the sustainable finance sector (the Report).
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ESG: House of Commons EU Scrutiny Committee Letter Regarding the Taxonomy Regime
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On May 4, the House of Commons EU Scrutiny Committee (the Committee) published a letter to HM Treasury on the proposed regulation (the Taxonomy Regulation) on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment (the Letter).
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ESG: EU Council Adopts Taxonomy Regulation
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On April 16, the Council of the EU (the Council) published a press release regarding a unified EU classification system to encourage private investment in sustainable growth and contribute to a climate-neutral economy (the Press Release).
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ESG and Sustainable Investments: House of Lords EU Committee Queries Taxonomy Regulation With HMT
On January 16, the House of Lords European Union Committee published a letter from the Chair, Lord Kinnoull, to John Glen, Economic Secretary to Her Majesty’s Treasury (the Letter). The Letter concerns the recently published Taxonomy Regulation (for more information please see the January 10 edition of Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest).
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