Sustainable Finance

Sustainable Finance

This subtopic provides guidance on the scope and requirements of the EU regulation on sustainability-related disclosures in the financial services sector and impact of the EU Taxonomy Regulation. It also discusses the EU environmental social governance (ESG) integration measures and the United Nation-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), Principles for Sustainable Insurance (PSI), Principles for Responsible Banking (PRB) and the Financial Stability Board’s (FSB)’s task force on climate-related financial disclosures (TCFD).

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