The EU Sustainable Finance Action Plan, includes mandatory reporting and disclosure regulations in the form of the Sustainable Finance Disclosures Regulation (SFDR). The SFDR establishes a hierarchy of categories based on the products sustainability objective.
These funds below seek to achieve long-term capital appreciation by investing in companies which both contribute to, and benefit from, sustainable development, achieving positive social and environmental sustainable outcomes.
In 2020, regulatory advancements in sustainable finance surged globally, especially in Europe. These changes, alongside the pandemic, wildfires, and social movements like Black Lives Matter, brought unprecedented attention to sustainable finance.
In October 2022 the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published its much anticipated consultation on proposed Sustainability Disclosure Requirements, investment labels and restrictions on the use of sustainability-related terms in product naming and marketing.
Welcome to our climate report. In the report we share a baseline of our climate change-related risks, opportunities and impacts, from which our progress towards zero-carbon portfolios and operations can be assessed in the years ahead.
In line with the requirements of the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority’s Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”) Sourcebook 2, these are Stewart Investors UK Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (“TCFD”) Public Product reports.