With proposals for new mandatory reporting on social factors like exposure to tobacco production and inadequate wages, as well as new financial product disclosure of greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets, Europe’s three main financial regulatory agencies, the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs), announced the publication… Read More »New Social and Climate Targets Disclosures for Financial Products Are Established by EU Regulators

The National Development and Reform Commission of China, along with three other central government agencies, unveiled the “Three-year action plan for promoting bamboo as an eco-friendly substitute for plastics” on October 12, 2023. By developing an industrial system focused on bamboo substitutes and encouraging cooperative… Read More »China launches three-year plan for promoting bamboo as eco-friendly substitute for plastics

A set of measures aimed at assisting investors in evaluating the sustainability attributes of investment products and funds and avoiding the risk of greenwashing were released by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), which is responsible for overseeing the conduct of financial services firms and financial… Read More »FCA Issues Sustainable Investment Product Rules and Addresses Greenwashing

The GRI and the EFRAG signed a new collaboration agreement to further their partnership on sustainability reporting. The agreement includes commitments to work together on training programs and the creation of reporting standards, among other things. The first agreement, which was established in 2021 to… Read More »GRI and EFRAG are collaborating together to develop sustainability reporting standards and provide training

For nations trying to find common ground in combating climate change, the UN climate conference this year will include a divisive range of topics. The primary objective of COP28 is to evaluate, for the first time, how well nations are doing in achieving the 2015… Read More »Future of Fossil Fuels and Climate Change: COP28 Climate Summit

RoHS The RoHS is an acronym that stands for Restriction Of Hazardous Substances and every RoHS regulation aims at restricting the use of hazardous substances contained in electrical and electronic equipment, to better protect the environment and human health. As a result, the waste of… Read More »India RoHS