Sustainable finance and ESG

This Overview is a guide to the Lexis+® UK Financial Services content on sustainable finance and environment, social and governance (ESG) integration issues, with links to appropriate materials.

Introduction

Sustainable finance and environment, social and governance (ESG) involve broadly the integration of ESG factors, including climate change risk, into investment and financing decisions and internal processes, such as risk management, product governance and suitability assessments and related disclosures.

Sustainable finance and ESG—overview note

Practice Note: Climate change and sustainability issues for the financial sector provides details on climate change and sustainability issues facing the financial sector, including international frameworks, measures set out in the EU Sustainable Finance Action Plan and the UK position. For an overview, see below at

Key ESG global principles for the investment management, banking and insurance sectors and TCFD

Key international ESG and sustainable finance initiatives and principles that are relevant to financial institutions include the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI)-supported Principles for responsible investment (PRI), Principles for sustainable insurance (PSI), Principles for responsible banking (PRB) and the UNEP FI-hosted Sustainable Blue Economy

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Sustainable finance and ESG weekly round–up—21 November 2024

This week's edition of the Sustainable finance and ESG weekly round-up from the Finance Group includes: (1) ICC issues guidance on successful Carbon Pricing, (2) COP29 round up, and (3) ESAs issue ‘Fit-For-55’ climate scenario analysis results.

HM Treasury issues advisory on Oil Price Cap evasion tactics

HM Treasury (HMT)and the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) have released an advisory concerning the Oil Price Cap (OPC) regime. The guidance specifically addresses evasion strategies involving the manipulation of product origin through the use of fabricated and falsified Certificates of Origin (CO). This advisory aims to alert relevant parties to the risks associated with such practices and to enhance compliance efforts within the oil trade sector.

FCA proposes extension for handling motor finance commission complaints following court ruling

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a consultation paper (CP24/22) on extending the timeframe for motor finance firms to handle complaints related to non-discretionary commission arrangements (non-DCA). The proposed options are either until 31 May 2025 or until 4 December 2025. Responses are sought by 5 December 2024. The FCA also plans on publishing its feedback and its policy statement by 19 December 2024, emphasising that firms should use this extended period to adequately prepare resources for investigating and responding to complaints.

BoE’s Sasha Mills’ speech on the potential transformative impact of innovation in wholesale financial markets

The Bank of England (BoE) has published a speech by its executive director for financial markets infrastructures, Sasha Mills, discussing how innovation in wholesale financial markets, such as tokenisation and programmable platforms, could revolutionise post-trade processes, making them faster, cheaper, and more efficient. The BoE is also exploring ways to maintain central bank money as a settlement asset for digital transactions, including plans for experiments on synchronisation and wholesale central bank digital currency.

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