This week's edition of the Sustainable finance and ESG weekly round-up from the Finance Group includes: (1) FCA issues update on CP24/8: Extending the SDR regime to Portfolio Management, (2) UNEP FI launches Global Investor Statement on Climate Action, and (3) UNEP FI launches guidance on how finance sector can use the Nature Positive concept.

This week's edition of the Sustainable finance and ESG weekly round-up from the Finance Group includes: (1) NGFS releases the Cali-Baku Pledge to Enable Action, (2) WTO reports on newly published landmark report from five international organisations, and (3) ESAs publish joint report on disclosures of principal adverse impacts under the SFDR.

This week's edition of the Sustainable finance and ESG weekly round-up from the Finance Group includes: (1) EFRAG publishes XBRL Taxonomy for ESRS sustainability statements, (2) BIS report provides overview of the NGFS climate scenarios, and (3) LSTA highlights how the ESG IDP makes reporting easy.

This week's edition of the Sustainable finance and ESG weekly round-up from the Finance Group includes: (1) FCA publishes new webpage on the sustainability disclosure and labelling regime, and (2) Council of the EU and European Parliament reach agreement on ESG ratings.

This timeline outlines the key developments relating to sustainable finance and environmental, social and governance (ESG) integration from a UK, EU and international perspective. Sustainable finance and ESG (including climate change) means broadly integrating ESG factors, risks and preferences in financial products and services, as well as in investment, financing and business decisions, operations and risk management. For more information, see Overview: Sustainable finance and ESG—overview. 2026 Date Source Document Description 21 July 2026 IFSB IFSB Consults on the Exposure Draft of the Guidance Note on Sustainability-related Issues and Climate-related Financial Risks for Sukūk The Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB) is consulting on an exposure draft (ED GN-12) of its guidance note on sustainability-related issues and climate-related financial risks for sukūk. Responses are sought by 4 September 2026. 1 July 2026 European Supervisory Authorities ESMA consults on simplifying EU Taxonomy disclosure frameworkEIOPA consults on enhancements to insurance corporate disclosures under EU Taxonomy for environmentally sustainable activitiesThe EBA launches consultation on key performance indicators of Taxonomy disclosures Following a targeted call for technical advice from the European Commission on Taxonomy disclosures, the three European Supervisory Authorities (the European Banking Authority (EBA), the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) and

This timeline outlines the key developments relating to sustainable finance and environmental, social and governance (ESG) integration from a UK, EU and international perspective. Sustainable finance and ESG (including climate change) means broadly integrating ESG factors, risks and preferences in financial products and services, as well as in investment, financing and business decisions, operations and risk management. For more information, see Overview: Sustainable finance and ESG—overview. Date Source Document Description 23 December 2021 United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative Awareness-raising and training activities on sustainable finance by UNEP FI training department and its partners in 2021 The United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) has published a list of awareness-raising and training activities on sustainable finance run by its training department and partners in 2021. Webinar recordings and presentation slides of many of the events are available to view. 21 December 2021 Financial Conduct Authority Primary Market Technical Note 801.2: Disclosures in relation to ESG matters, including climate change The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published Primary Market Technical

This Practice Note links to news on sustainable finance, including green loans and green bonds, that has been published since 2019. Due to the global nature of the topic of sustainability, we will continue to track international and EU developments. For news published from 2016–2018, see Practice Note: Sustainable Finance—2016–2018 news [Archived]. 2026 News Date News story 15 October 2026 TNFD updates nature-related disclosure recommendations and LEAP assessment guidance—LNB News 15/10/2026 21 7 October 2026 ISDA responds to European Commission JRC survey on carbon accounting—LNB News 07/10/2026 28 22 September 2026 LMA publishes practice note on applying Sustainability-Linked Loan Principles to SMEs—LNB News 22/09/2026 16 22 September 2026 NGFS publishes updated guide on climate and nature-related risks in prudential supervision—LNB News 22/09/2026 2 1 September 2026 Commission Delegated Regulation on authorisation and recognition as an ESG provider published in the OJ—LNB News 01/09/2026 17 27 August 2026 BAFT publishes trade finance sustainability guidelines for transaction banking—LNB News 27/08/2026 14 18 August 2026 LMA publishes updated draft provisions, term sheet and educational

ARCHIVED: This Checklist has been archived and is not maintained. This practical guidance relates to the pre-Procurement Act 2023 regime This Checklist contains guidance relevant to public procurement exercises commenced before the Procurement Act 2023 (PA 2023) came into force on 24 February 2025. In-scope procurements begun on or after this date are governed by PA 2023. Under the transitional and savings provisions for PA 2023, the previous public procurement regimes continue to apply to the extent necessary to allow contracting authorities to complete and manage procurements commenced before PA 2023 came into force (ie ongoing procurements). This Checklist should be read in that context. For background reading, see Practice Note: Introduction to the Procurement Act 2023—PA 2023. Further practical guidance on PA 2023 is set out in a separate

What is sustainable procurement? According to the UN Global Marketplace definition, procurement is sustainable when it integrates requirements, specifications and criteria that are compatible and in favour of the protection of the environment, social progress and supports economic development, namely by seeking resource efficiency, improving the quality of products and services and ultimately optimising costs. ISO 20400 on Sustainable Procurement defines sustainable procurement as ‘procurement that has the most positive environmental, social and economic impacts possible over the entire life cycle.’ For more information on ISO 20400, see below in this Practice Note: The use of standards in sustainable procurement. Essentially, sustainable procurement involves embedding environmental, economic and social criteria into supply chain due diligence frameworks and contractual documents, with an aim of motivating suppliers to offer more sustainable products and services. It means looking at the impacts of the product and service on the environment and society over its entire lifecycle from creation to disposal. Sustainable procurement must not be confused with the term Green Public Procurement (GPP), which emphasises only the environmental impact throughout the

This Practice Note covers the evolution and development of the sustainable securitisations market. It summarises the background and highlights the asset types currently seen in that market. For market participants, 2025 appears to have marked an inflexion point for corporate sustainability at a macro-level. A material shift in the political and regulatory landscape, characterised by the rollback, relaxation or simplification of numerous ESG related requirements alongside growing political resistance to climate commitments, has contributed to a wavering in market sentiment. This is evidenced by corporates and financial institutions stepping away from or delaying previous sustainability targets and asset managers actively disengaging from climate action initiatives. That notwithstanding, volatility in the energy sector, driven by unrest in the Middle East in early 2026, has created an uptick in interest in parts of the sustainability although it remains to be seen whether this develops into sustained growth in the sector and in sustainable finance related activity. Market trends notwithstanding, there has been a maturation of sustainable finance, particularly in Europe, in recent years. What was once a nascent

The Sutton Trust and Social Market Foundation have published research examining the government's School-based Nursery (SBN) programme, which aims to create 3,000 new or expanded nurseries on school sites in England. The research, funded by the Nuffield Foundation, surveyed 1,372 primary school senior leaders and found that 70% of schools without existing nurseries consider it unlikely they will establish one, with only 20% having plans in place or likely to open one. Key barriers identified include lack of suitable indoor space (51%), high start-up costs (50%) and financial viability concerns (46%).

This refers to provisions usually contained in a company’s articles of association which allow the private equity or venture capital fund investor enhanced voting rights in certain specified default situations, eg the material failure by a company to reach its budget targets or a material breach of its financing documents and/or subscription and shareholders agreement/investment agreement.