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The Korean Financial Services Commission (FSC) has launched a consultation on a national roadmap that would introduce mandatory sustainability reporting for major listed companies, aligning the country’s disclosure framework with...
From Brussels to Washington and Tokyo, sustainability regulation is moving from voluntary frameworks to enforceable mandates. Against that backdrop, Datamaran has introduced a standalone Regulatory Monitoring solution aimed at helping...
European Union member states have given final approval to scale back landmark corporate sustainability rules, narrowing the scope of supply chain due diligence and reporting obligations after sustained pressure from...
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has constituted a working group to review the regulatory framework governing ESG Rating Providers (ERPs), responding to feedback from market participants and...
The International Organization for Standardization has released ISO 14092:2026 Climate Change Adaptation, a new international standard designed to help local governments, communities, and organizations plan and implement climate adaptation strategies...
Austin Court Halts Texas Anti-ESG Framework A federal judge in Austin has struck down Texas’s controversial anti-ESG statute, Senate Bill 13, delivering a major legal setback to one of the...
London Moves Toward Global Sustainability Reporting Alignment The Financial Conduct Authority has launched a consultation that could reshape how listed companies disclose sustainability risks, proposing new requirements tied to the...
• United States proposes new international governance body to oversee Gaza reconstruction and ceasefire enforcement• Permanent Board of Peace seats priced at $1 billion, raising geopolitical and diplomatic questions over...
The European Securities and Markets Authority has issued its second thematic note on sustainability related claims, expanding scrutiny of how asset managers and other market actors communicate environmental, social, and...
A Legal Challenge as Turbines Near Completion Denmark based Ørsted has launched a legal challenge against the US government after federal authorities ordered construction to halt on its nearly completed...
• Financial institutions can narrow Scope 3 reporting to loans, investments, and assets under management, excluding facilitated and underwriting related emissions.• Amendments reduce operational burden without changing investor-facing climate risk...
• Regulators from MENA, Europe, Asia and the US met under closed door conditions to assess risks in the fast growing private credit sector.• Discussions focused on leverage, liquidity, retail...
• Draft proposals would allow one environmental management system per company instead of site level reporting• Industrial facilities may no longer need climate transformation plans or disclosure of hazardous chemical...
• New ESRS Knowledge Hub integrates 2023 ESRS, simplified ESRS, VSME standards and implementation guidance in a single platform.• Platform connects reporting resources with EU legislation and international frameworks to...
• Mandatory datapoints shrink by 57–68% as Europe aims to relieve compliance pressure without weakening Green Deal ambition• Materiality assessments overhauled, voluntary disclosures removed entirely, and value-chain estimates permitted to...
• The bill would bar BlackRock and State Street from casting any shareholder votes tied to the $1 trillion Thrift Savings Plan, the retirement system for U.S. federal employees.• The...
• Germany asks the European Commission to allow exemptions to the 2035 phaseout of new combustion-engine vehicles, citing competitiveness and employment concerns.• Berlin seeks flexibility for plug-in hybrids and highly...
• Stellantis calls for 2030 emissions targets for cars and vans to be met over a 2028–2032 compliance window, mirroring flexibility recently granted for 2025.• Proposal would reshape short-term EU...
• Parliament backs thresholds that limit sustainability reporting to companies above €450 million turnover and 1,750 employees.• Due diligence duties narrowed to firms with more than 5,000 employees and €1.5...
A few short years ago, sustainability appeared unstoppable. Investors pledged trillions toward net-zero portfolios; governments competed to launch green-industrial revolutions; corporate leaders declared that purpose had finally converged with profit....
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