Policy & regulation

The latest report by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warns there is little chance for the world to meet the climate targets agreed in Paris seven year ago – but not all is lost.

Impact Investor spoke to impact fund managers investing in the blue economy to understand the impact of the UN’s high seas treaty on the most underfunded of the SDGs – SDG 14, life below water.  

Definitions in consultation paper need more clarity, according to leading players in the sustainable and impact investing sector.      

The ‘High Seas Treaty’ agreed at the UN headquarters at the weekend opens the path to finally provide protection to marine life across the oceans.

The fund should strengthen the EU “strategic autonomy” and the green and digital transitions, be integrated into the current EU long-term budget, and mobilise private investments.

Impact investment bodies are calling for greater emphasis on investor contribution rather than ‘additionality’ to clarify impact funds classification.

Improvements have been made to the clarity, consistency, applicability of reporting as well as reducing the ‘reporting effort’ for PRI signatories 

Clarity AI’s analysis reveals that one in five Article 9 funds under the EU’s Sustainable Financial Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) are underreporting their exposure to the fossil fuel industry

The Dutch are not at the forefront of EU efforts to move the region towards a social economy. It’s a pity as the Netherlands has a proven track record to share, writes Cheyenne Kooijman from Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation

New EU rules for crowdfunding are transforming the sector. The bloc’s second largest crowdfunding platform, which has just been created with the merger of Oneplanetcrowd and Invesdor, will have a particular focus on energy projects.