Rachel Richardson

Solicitor, Head of ESG, Macfarlanes

Rachel is head of ESG at Macfarlanes and has oversight of the ESG practice at Macfarlanes. She provides strategic support on a wide range of ESG issues, in particular in the area of sustainable finance.

She is a technical expert in various areas of ESG, providing assistance to clients on ongoing reporting requirements, including TCFD reporting, UN PRI reporting, SFDR annual reporting, UK Stewardship code reporting and other ongoing reporting requirements.

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ESG integration measures under AIFMD/UCITS/MiFID—essentials

Practice Notes

This Practice Note discusses the EU environmental social governance (ESG) (also referred to as sustainability) integration measures, which amended delegated acts under the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive 2011/61/EU (AIFMD), the Undertakings for Collective Investments in Transferable Securities (UCITS) Directive 2009/65/EC and the recast Markets in Financial Instruments Directive 2014/65/EU (MiFID II), including impact on the industry. It also briefly flags the UK’s divergence with regards to these measures.

Financial Services