2014

Transboundary Haze Pollution Act

Country: 
Singapore
Singapore's Transboundary Haze Pollution Act criminalizes activities that contribute to haze pollution and introduces corporate liability for international firms, including financial institutions, that start fires or allow concessions to burn.
2011

Spain's Sustainable Economy Law Requires Disclosure of Annual Sustainability Reports

Country: 
Spain
Spain's Sustainable Economy Law requires government-sponsored commercial companies or state-owned companies to file annual sustainability reports.
2001

Sweden's Pension Insurance Fund Act, as Amended – The 7th Pension Fund (AP7) Must Consider Environmental & Ethical Issues

Country: 
Sweden
Sweden’s seventh pension fund (AP7) must take environmental and ethical considerations into account, while not relinquishing the overall goal of a high return on capital.
2017

The European Union’s Shareholder Rights Directive II Aims to Encourage Long-term Engagement Between Companies and Shareholders

Country: 
EU
The Shareholder Rights Directive II (SRD II) aims to increase transparency in the investment chain and sets out a framework for better, more long-term engagement between companies and their shareholders in the European Union (EU).
2019

European Commission Draft Rules Aim to Ensure That Investment Firms and Insurance Distributors Consider Sustainability When Advising Clients

Country: 
EU
On 4 January 2019, the European Commission published draft rules on how investment firms and insurance distributors should take sustainability issues into account when providing advice to their clients.
2016

European Union Directive (2016/2341) Requires Institutions for Occupational Retirement Provision (IORPs) to Take Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Factors into Account

Country: 
EU
The European Union (EU) Directive 2016/2341 requires Institutions for Occupational Retirement Provision (IORPs) to take environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors into account in their risk management systems.
2020

Directive on Non-Financial Reporting (2014/95/EU)

Country: 
EU
The European Union (EU) Directive on Non-Financial Reporting (2014/95/EU) requires companies to include non-financial statements in their annual reports or in a separate filing from 2018 onwards, including information on environmental protection, social responsibility and treatment of employees, respect for human rights, anti-corruption and bribery, and diversity on company boards.
2019

Proposed Amendment to Regulation No. 1092/2010 Would Direct the European Systemic Risk Board to Monitor and Assess Environmental and Social Risks

Country: 
EU
On 16 April 2019, the European Parliament proposed an amendment to Regulation No. 1092/2010 that would direct the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB) to monitor and assess environmental and social risks.
2018

Amendment to Regulation 2016/1011 Introduces a Framework for European Union (EU) Climate Transition and Paris-Aligned Benchmarks

Country: 
EU
The European Union’s (EU) amendment to Regulation 2016/1011 (on indices used as benchmarks in financial instruments and financial contracts) introduces a regulatory framework that lays down minimum requirements for the EU Climate Transition Benchmark and EU Paris-aligned Benchmark.
2005

The United States' Energy Policy Act of 2005

Country: 
United States of America
The United States' Energy Policy Act of 2005 sets out tax incentives and loan guarantees for various types of energy production.

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