The new UK SDR regime is a labelling regime – with four possible labels: Sustainability Impact, Sustainability Focus, Sustainability Improvers and Sustainability Mixed Goals. Detailed naming and marketing provisions, and requirements for new disclosures, are also being introduced. ...
On 28 November 2023, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published its Policy Statement (PS23/16) ‘Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) and Investment Labels’. ContactUs The FCA states that PS23/16 contains its final rules and guidance to, amongst other things, improve trust ...
On 31 July 2024, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) introduced an investment labels regime for products with sustainability objectives, marking a significant milestone in the FCA'sSustainability Disclosure Requirements regime (SDR). With an e...
As the FCA states in the Policy Statement, the Sustainability Mixed Goals category will create a place within the labelling regime for “products invested in a mix of assets that are already sustainable, have the potential to improve their sustainability over time, and/o...
In this Sidley Update we cover, on the UK side, recent developments from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) on the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) regime, the post-Brexit securitisation regime, and Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR). We also discuss comments from...
considerations, active ownership and impactful policy outreach, it does not have a defined sustainable goal or objective, therefore this product does not have a uk sustainable investment label. for more information on the sustainability disclosure requirements and investment labels regime, please see: ...
On 28 November 2023, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) unveiled itsPolicy StatementPS 23/16 (Policy Statement), which sets out the final rules for sustainability disclosure and investment labels (SDR Rules). The market has been anticipating this development since the FCA released its ...
In the UK, the FCA has been developing its Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) regime with the key objectives of maintaining trust and transparency and reducing greenwashing. The FCA’s anti-greenwashing rule came into force in 2024, along with a package of lab...
8 May 2025 | News | Climate change, Energy transition, Sustainability, UK Concerns raised around 'untested regime' for assurance, while £22bn in public funds given to generators since 2002 Sustainability FCA delays Sustainability Disclosure Requirements for portfolio managers 8 May 2025 | News...
The FCA’s proposals were published in an October 2022Consultation Paper on Sustainability Disclosure Requirements and investment labels(Consultation Paper), following a November 2021 discussion paper (Discussion Paper), which outlined a regime of classification, labelling and disclosures for sustainable inve...