Sustainability regulation: how can financial market participants prepare?

Over the last four years, the EU has been at the forefront of regulating sustainable finance, having introduced multiple new legislations that have completely changed the playing field for financial market participants. The terms SFDR, Articles 6, 8 or 9, and Taxonomy, have become regular topics of conversation for fund managers. So, what has changed…

European Council approves CSRD: sustainability reporting requirements overcome final hurdle

The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (“CSRD”) has now been approved by the European Council, the last legislative obstacle to becoming officially adopted into EU law. The new requirements are a revision of the Non-Financial Reporting Directive (“NFRD”)1, which will apply to a broader scope of entities, expand the level of information to be disclosed and…