ESG News

Find out more here about the FCA's Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) and investment labels regime.

Find out more about the policy work being undertaken by governments, regulators and standard setting bodies in relation to sustainable finance and climate-related disclosures.

Click here for details about the work by regulators and governments on ensuring good governance by ESG ratings and data products providers.

HM Treasury are gathering views on the value case for a UK Green Taxonomy until 6 February 2025. More details can be found here.

Click to view details of a number of initiatives that the Committee is working on to support members in the ESG and Impact Investing arena.

TNFD has been consulting on Draft sector guidance - Engineering, construction and real estate.  More details can be found here.

In May 2024 the European Commission published its Summary Report of the Open and Targeted Consultations on the SFDR assessment. This was followed by the ESAs Joint Opinion on the assessment of SFDR. More details can be found here.

The Transition Plan Taskforce have produced guidance for preparers and users of climate transition plans, including Asset Managers and Asset Owners. More details can be found here.

The FCA have published guidance on their anti-greenwashing rule. More details can be found here.

AREF has responded to the consultation from the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision on the Disclosure of climate-related financial risks

AREF member funds outperformed the UK GRESB benchmark in 2023 by 3 percentage points with a score of 76%.