Dominic Webb
Investors are not despairing at aligning the two regulatory regimes, but key concepts including sustainable investment definitions remain elusive.
Major progress made on PAI disclosures, but challenges remain for both supervisors and investors according to annual review by EU watchdogs.
Investors slowly warm to the sector, but remain wary of central sustainability claim amid government push for acceptability.
Issuers keen to align with standard, but taxonomy complexity and uncertainty over pricing benefits prompt market hesistancy.
European national authorities request clarifications, echo market concerns around impact on green bond issuance.
The 'emissions to water' PAI indicator has been consistently flagged as a problem in investor reports – will CSRD unlock more and improved data?
Dutch manager says investors are taking a back seat on proposals despite having 'means, capacity and expertise' to file.
Japan is showing that the transition label can be useful for issuers, but the lack of a standardised definition is holding the market back.
Initiative chair hails some encouraging progress as major emitters up ambitions, but pace of advances is still too slow.
OMERS, TPP, Julius Baer and Bradesco among latest investors to sign up to engagement initiative.