2024 marks a pivotal year for financial players in the UK. Previously overlooked, sustainability is poised to become one of the cornerstones of the UK regulatory framework. For instance, the TCFD report has been mandated for certain financial players, and sustainability disclosure standards are set to be adopted by the UK government. WeeFin offers an overview of sustainability requirements in the UK.
The CSRD is the new directive imposed on companies in Europe. But what does it actually entail? And what impact will it have on financial companies? Weefin takes a analysis.
ESG practices are gaining momentum: an analysis by WeeFin reveals significant progress among certain funds. These results highlight the possibility of rapid improvement in sustainable strategies, emphasizing the importance of expertise and regulatory compliance.
For more than two years, the notion of transition to a low carbon economy has been a key issue. Its inclusion in the regulations and market initiatives is forcing financial players to grasp its scope and determine how to integrate transition effectively into the management of their portfolios.
WeeFin takes a closer look at current European regulatory requirements and the methods used by asset management companies to integrate gender equality into their investment strategies. To illustrate our analysis, we were fortunate enough to interview Aurélie Baudhuin, Director of Socially Responsible Investment at Malakoff Humanis.
Between the desert and the jungle, financial market players are struggling to find their way through the ESG data sets on offer. WeeFin invites you to take a closer look at an alternative solution that is still under-utilized, but which could help overcome the many obstacles to data access: public sources.
WeeFin helps you understand what an ESG controversy case is, and how to build a strategy to avoid investing in companies that may find themselves caught up in environmental and social scandals.
WeeFin takes a closer look at current European regulatory requirements and the methods used by asset management companies to integrate gender equality into their investment strategies. To illustrate our analysis, we were fortunate enough to interview Aurélie Baudhuin, Director of Socially Responsible Investment at Malakoff Humanis.
Financial initiatives, biodiversity-focused product offerings, commitments to nature... finance seems to be getting into fighting order to combat the sixth mass extinction of species that is unfolding before our eyes. But is this really the case? Léo Fargeas, Head of R&D at WeeFin, signs this editorial to help financial players seize the biodiversity challenge before it's too late.
With the imminent implementation of sustainability requirements in the UK, the set of regulatory rules is becoming increasingly complex. WeeFin helps you understand these new proposals and navigate between the European and Anglo-Saxon environments.
The Toward Sustainability label and the SRI label: two labels for two positions. WeeFin explains the latest developments in these two labels and compares their standards.
The AMF is introducing Supervision of Operational and Thematic Practices, or "SPOT" controls, into its control arsenal. Weefin accompanies you in the analysis of these June results, concerning SPOT controls on portfolio management companies' compliance with contractual extra-financial commitments.
As part of the tightening of minimum requirements for PRI reporting, the UN PRI platform opened on June 14, marking the start of the 2023 edition! Weefin is here to help you discover what's new!
Download our sustainable finance barometer, which takes stock of the current state of sustainability policies and suggests concrete avenues for improvement.
Often criticized and even taken to court by NGOs, the European green label is struggling to find its place in the practices of financial institutions. Yet the initial potential of the Taxonomy is undeniable.
It is becoming necessary for financial actors to take ownership of and integrate climate issues into the heart of their investment strategy, especially with the development of regulations, such as the European Green Pact and Article 29 LEC, which require actors to measure the alignment of their investments/portfolios with low-carbon temperature trajectories. This measurement can be done through the Alignment-Climate metric which allows financial actors to respond to several challenges and issues.
The EET aims to facilitate the exchange of ESG data between the different market players in order to have an overview of the ESG strategy of financial products. It is not a regulatory obligation but a market standard.
What is the definition of a sustainable investment? Faced with a lack of guidelines from the regulator, financial actors use various analysis methodologies, with qualitative, quantitative, internal and external data... which can lead to confusion and very different practices.
In March 2021, Level 1 of the SFDR regulation, whose philosophy is to provide more transparency on the responsible investment strategy of financial actors and products, comes into force and introduces the notion of Material Adverse Impact (MAI).
Orpea, the world's leading group of nursing homes and private clinics, is at the heart of a controversy following the publication on January 26, 2022 of the book Les Fossoyeurs. This book, based on three years of investigations, describes a system where hygiene, medical care and meals for residents of the Orpea group's nursing homes are sometimes "rationed" in order to improve the group's profitability by reducing costs.
Download our study carried out with Colombus Consulting, which allows you to take advantage of the lessons learned from the implementation of MiFID II and to better define the process of compliance of financial institutions with the European regulation on sustainable finance.
What are the solutions for taking biodiversity into account in the investment chain? What is the level of maturity of tools and data providers on this major issue? Download our study on the tools available to measure the impact or risk related to biodiversity.
Replay of our webinar. While the RTS have been published and the level 1 is in application since March 10, confusion remains on the planning and actions to be taken now for SFDR.
Many of you ask us about the details of the technological features of our Orion and ESG Connect platforms and whether we use APIs. This article aims to provide all the answers to your questions by first introducing APIs in a general way and then detailing their uses.
The new European regulations are challenging financial players on transparency in reporting. Private equity players, who have not been subject to market reporting obligations until now, will be faced with the problem of accessibility of data for the evaluation of ESG indicators.
Institutional investors, increasingly mature in 2020, are experimenting massively with prospective scenario analyses but often confuse them with stress tests.
According to AXA IM's Q1 2020 equity and bond market analysis, companies with the highest ESG scores proved more resilient to the market crash due to the coronavirus than those with the lowest scores.
The last three months have been marked by a strong mobilization of French regulators which resulted in the publication of numerous regulatory texts on sustainable finance and climate. WeeFin has summarized for you the 4 key measures of the regulators.
With the growing need for ESG data and the complexity of the market, it is difficult to find your way around and finding a data provider can be a hindrance to implementing an ESG strategy.
The carbon footprint is the first indicator used by investors to measure the contribution to global warming of each stock in a financial portfolio. How does it work? What are its drawbacks?
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