On March 1 and 2, 2023, the One Forest Summit was held in Libreville, with the objective of putting the Congo Basin Forest under the spotlight. The overall goal of the summit was to accelerate the conservation and sustainable management of tropical forests, which are vital sinks [...]
Part three Are you affected by the Disclosure Regulation? It can be difficult to navigate the complexities of the new regulations. The table below sets out, as succinctly as possible, the impact of the various articles of the Disclosure Regulation on economic and financial actors. SFDR [...]
Mandatory in 146 jurisdictions, these new IFRS standards will accelerate the integration of the non-financial dimension in the financial communication of companies. The Board introduced the permission to rely on the Global Reporting Initiative Standards (GRI) and European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS). On 16th February, the ISSB [...]
In March 2022, the organization put out for consultation a document proposing a climate reporting framework for listed companies. If adopted, this proposal would require detailed reporting by U.S. listed companies covering 3 categories of climate reporting. A new chapter in financial regulation opens [...]
Market participants must now publish on their website their policy for integrating sustainability risks into the investment process and remuneration policy and update their pre-contractual documentation. Part two Phasing in of the SFDR regulation The SFDR regulation is being phased in over a period of 3 years [...]
After a period of adaptation since its promulgation on August 22, 2021, the French Climate and Resilience Act will see many of its provisions come into force this year. What are the 2023 environmental and sustainable development events to watch for in France and Europe? After [...]
The "EU Sustainable Finance Action Plan", one of its main objectives is to involve the financial sector in the EU's climate objectives. First part The EU Disclosure Regulation has created new sustainability transparency obligations for market participants. Significant investments are needed to meet the resilience, sustainability and [...]
The report, endorsed by former finance leaders, is addressed to public and private policymakers and the financial sector. The funding gap is estimated at between US$ 598 Bn and US$ 824 Bn per year according to the report. US$ 700 Bn is the value retained by COP 15 (GOAL [...]
The final declaration or "implementation plan" from Sharm el-Sheikh looks more like a status quo to hold until the next COP. COP 27 final declaration: focus on the 'Sharm el-Sheikh Implementation Plan. The negotiation round that just ended in Egypt promised progress in the concrete implementation of previous [...]
In a 2018 study, Tim Newbold argues that climate change could become the leading cause of biodiversity loss by 2070, ahead of land-use change. Biodiversity degradation is thus both an additional driver of climate change and a threat to the ability of biodiversity to mitigate climate change. [...]
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