Financial Services Regulatory Developments in ESG

Product design, labelling, manufacture and distribution (including customer understanding)

Risk identification, assessment and mitigation

Disclosures and reporting

Policies and procedures

Governance (including individual accountability, SMCR and directors' duties)

Litigation and enforcement

‘Climate adaptation: What steps should financial institutions be taking now?’

Following the adoption of the Paris Agreement on climate change and the UN 2030 for Sustainable Development in 2015, governments are making strides to transition to low-carbon and more circular economies on a global scale.

FCA / PRA focus on D&I: What do firms need to be doing now?

Last year, the FCA and PRA published Consultation Paper (CP) 23/20 “Diversity and inclusion in the financial sector – working together to drive change” and “CP18/23 – Diversity and inclusion in PRA-regulated firms” respectively. The requirements are expected to come into force in H1 2025, and whilst formal feedback on the CPs is not expected until H2 2024, there are steps that firms can be taking now, in advance of the final requirements being published, to get ahead.

Crackdown on fund mislabelling: New ESG fund name guidelines on the horizon

Investor demand for investment funds that incorporate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors has grown and will continue to grow in the future.

Regulation Tomorrow Plus: Consumer Duty and ESG

In our latest Regulation Tomorrow Plus podcast Matthew Gregory and Simon Lovegrove discuss the Consumer Duty and ESG.

ESG: Comparison of EU, UK and US regimes for fund names

In this latest financial services ESG briefing we compare the regimes that are being developed by EU, US and UK regulators as regards fund names. Investor demand for investment funds that incorporate ...

Financial services regulation and ESG: Regulation Around the World

In this latest edition of Regulation Around the World we review recent steps that financial services regulatory authorities have taken as regards Environmental, Social and Governance measures focussing in particular on disclosures, greenwashing and taxonomy.

Part 3: Greenwashing in focus: Navigating the rise of enforcement

In this three-part webinar series, our team of experienced NRF lawyers and consultants, along with industry leaders and regulators, will explore the latest developments and trends within ESG regulation.

Part 2: ESG financial services trends in the US

In this three-part webinar series, our team of experienced NRF lawyers and consultants, along with industry leaders and regulators, will explore the latest developments and trends within ESG regulation.

Part 1: SDR vs SFDR and the increasing risk of greenwashing

What are the key differences between the UK’s SDR and the EU’s SFDR regulations?

Regulation Tomorrow Plus: ESG insight series

In the second of our financial services ESG insight series, Haney Saadah covers three recent Regulation Tomorrow blogs that caught his eye: the Bank of England report on climate-related risks and the regulatory capital frameworks, the Green Claims Directive and UKSIF’s letter to the Treasury Sub-Committee on Financial Services Regulations.

Regulation Tomorrow Plus: ESG insight series

In the first of our financial services ESG insight series, Haney Saadah discusses what he is seeing in the market and some of the key ESG pressure points from a regulatory perspective.

Managing the greenwashing risk

In this session, we look at how regulators are dealing with greenwashing and how to reduce the risk of a greenwashing claim.