By: Anna-Stina Reuter, Principal Sustainability Consultant at Sphera Over the past few years, discussions surrounding sustainability reporting standards have evolved significantly. In the coming months alone, the threshold for the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) is set to be lowered, the simplified set of the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) will be published, and the reporting deadline under California’s Climate…

Remember when all investment conferences had to have an ESG session? Now it’s the AI session that has become mandatory, and you can get through a whole conference without hearing anyone mention the three-letter acronym that used to be on everyone’s lips.   Granted, ESG is – or was – a nebulous concept, not only yoking together three very different sets…

Remember when all investment conferences had to have an ESG session? Now it’s the AI session that has become mandatory, and you can get through a whole conference without hearing anyone mention the three-letter acronym that used to be on everyone’s lips.   Granted, ESG is – or was – a nebulous concept, not only yoking together three very different sets…

Remember when all investment conferences had to have an ESG session? Now it’s the AI session that has become mandatory, and you can get through a whole conference without hearing anyone mention the three-letter acronym that used to be on everyone’s lips.   Granted, ESG is – or was – a nebulous concept, not only yoking together three very different sets…

Remember when all investment conferences had to have an ESG session? Now it’s the AI session that has become mandatory, and you can get through a whole conference without hearing anyone mention the three-letter acronym that used to be on everyone’s lips.   Granted, ESG is – or was – a nebulous concept, not only yoking together three very different sets…

The UK government has taken the next step towards regulating ESG ratings providers, tabling secondary legislation that places them within the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)’s scope. Yesterday (27 October) the UK government drafted the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (ESG Ratings) Order 2025 giving a commencement date of 29 June 2028. This will be the first time…

European sustainable funds saw record outflows in third quarter of 2025 — but this was largely skewed by a client pension fund transferring assets from BlackRock funds in favour of custom ESG mandates, which Morningstar does not collect data for. In its latest Global Sustainable Fund Flows report for Q3 2025, European-domiciled sustainable funds saw record outflows of $51bn, compared with $11.3bn restated…

Investment managers including Jupiter, Schroders, J.P. Morgan and Janus Henderson have signed up to a scheme to channel dormant assets into social and environmental causes while safeguarding the right of customers to reclaim their funds in full at any point.  Launched in 2011 and previously backed by 50 banks, building societies and insurers, the Dormant Assets Scheme has already released…

The 30th United Nations Conference of the Parties (COP30) is likely to deliver incremental rather than transformative progress, as most countries remain misaligned with the Paris Agreement and net-zero pathways.   Clearer national climate plans with investment pathways:  COP30 is expected to centre on the next cycle of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) for 2035. These standards are at the heart of…

The 30th United Nations Conference of the Parties (COP30) is likely to deliver incremental rather than transformative progress, as most countries remain misaligned with the Paris Agreement and net-zero pathways.   Clearer national climate plans with investment pathways:  COP30 is expected to centre on the next cycle of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) for 2035. These standards are at the heart of…