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Sustainable finance and ESG: June 2025 UK, EU and international regulatory consultations, disclosure reforms and sustainable bond market standards

Published on: 02 June 2025

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DESNZ consults on implementing voluntary carbon and nature market integrity principles

The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has opened a consultation to gather feedback on how to put into practice the UK Government’s six principles for integrity in voluntary carbon and nature markets (VCNMs), assessing how they fit markets at varying stages of development. The Minister for Climate Change, Kerry McCarthy MP, unveiled these principles at COP29 in November 2024. It further seeks to define expectations for supplier and purchaser participation in VCNMs and to consider embedding such approaches within guidance, policy and possible regulation, underpinned by market frameworks that can institutionalise and scale high‑integrity practices. The call for views closes on 10 July 2025. See: LNB News 17/04/2025 13. Sources: Voluntary carbon and nature markets: raising integrity; UK backs businesses to trade carbon credits and unlock finance.

EU developments

EBA publishes ESG dashboard for centralised climate risk monitoring in the EU/EEA banking sector

The European Banking Authority (EBA) has released an environmental, social and governance (ESG) dashboard intended to deliver centralised and comparable climate risk metrics for the EU/EEA banking sector...

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