UK Green Taxonomy
AREF has submitted a response to HM Treasury consultation on a UK Green Taxonomy. More details can be found here.
ESG & Impact Investing Committee - Current Activities
Click to view details of a number of initiatives that the Committee is working on to support members in the ESG and Impact Investing arena.
Sustainable finance and climate change disclosures
Read more about the policy work being undertaken by governments, regulators & standard setting bodies in relation to sustainable finance and climate-related disclosures including UK consultations published in June 2025.
ESG Ratings and Data Providers
Click here for details about the work by regulators and governments on ensuring good governance by ESG ratings and data products providers.
Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR)
The European Commission have put out a call for evidence on SFDR.
FCA – Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) and investment labels
Find out more here about the FCA's Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) and investment labels regime.
FCA - Finance for positive sustainable change: governance, incentives and competence in regulated firms
The FCA have published their response to their a discussion paper on firms' sustainability-related governance, incentives, and competencies. They have introduced some rules relating to themes in the paper and have no plans to introduce any more.
TNFD - Sector Guidance - Real Estate
TNFD has published the sector guidance - Engineering, construction and real estate. More details can be found here.
ESG Metrics for Real Estate
The reporting principles in the paper on ESG Metrics for Real Estate have been updated in January 2025.
