EU’s new ESG ratings framework will be major overhaul
The EC’s proposal for regulating ESG ratings companies will bring about the biggest change the previously unregulated market has ever seen.
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Elizabeth Meager
Elizabeth Meager is the policy editor of Capital Monitor. She is dedicated to making sense of regulatory developments and their influence on the flow of sustainable finance and investment. She was previously managing editor of IFLR.
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