FCA: Acts to help investors make more informed ESG investment decisions

FCA: Acts to help investors make more informed ESG investment decisions

  • FCA regulates the conduct of nearly 60,000 businesses aim to make sure that financial markets work well so that consumers get a fair deal
  • Publishing a Discussion Paper to coincide with COP26 Finance Day, inviting views on potential criteria to classify
  • This will help consumers navigate their sustainability characteristics
  • Also gathering feedback on supporting entity-level and product-level disclosures
  • It will leverage existing initiatives in this area to ensure coherence with market practice and other regulation
  • Encourages stakeholders to engage with the Discussion Paper so that it can design a disclosure and labelling system to achieve this
Laura M
Laura M
Laura is a financial reporter, editor, and researcher with a particular interest in fintech innovation, capital markets, and the evolving global banking landscape.

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