Arthur Carabia

2 months ago | sustainableviews.com | Lizzie Meager |Arthur Carabia |Morningstar Sustainalytics

Request Free TrialActing chair Mark Uyeda has asked that a judge pause the lawsuit against the US securities regulator’s climate disclosure rule, which he says is ‘deeply flawed’The fate of mandatory federal-level climate disclosures in the US slipped even further away on Tuesday as the Securities and Exchange Commission said it would pause its legal defence of the rule.

May 14, 2024 | sustainalytics.com | Arthur Carabia |Melissa Chase |Shavana Haythornthwaite

Key Insights:The CSDDD is a regulatory step up compared to the EU’s other corporate sustainability reporting regimes, requiring companies to identify, prevent, mitigate, and account for adverse environmental and human rights impacts in their operations and value chains. Under the CSDDD, companies must implement a transition plan for climate change mitigation that considers scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions and review it annually.

Oct 25, 2023 | sustainalytics.com | Arthur Carabia

On July 31, 2023, the European Commission published the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS), the criteria to implement the recently adopted Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD).

Oct 9, 2023 | sustainalytics.com | Arthur Carabia

The European Commission has recently introduced the Environmental Delegated Act to expand the environmental classifications in the European Union’s taxonomy for sustainable finance activities (EU taxonomy). Known as Taxo4, the framework aims to go beyond climate objectives and cover other crucial environmental aspects, such as biodiversity, water, pollution, and the circular economy. Below we look at what the new criteria cover and why it matters to investors. What Is the EU Taxonomy?

Jul 7, 2023 | esginvestor.net | Arthur Carabia |Morningstar Sustainalytics

Arthur Carabia, Director, ESG Policy Research at Morningstar, outlines the key aspects of the ISSB standards and their implications for investors. On 26 June, the International Sustainability Standards Board published its long-awaited standards on sustainability and climate disclosures. The goal of the standard is to establish a common global baseline for sustainability reporting which, until now, has been subject to multiple voluntary standards and frameworks.