IDS Insights – ESG News

EU ESG Regulation 2026 Update: Key Developments for the Financial Sector

Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0200

The EU ESG regulatory landscape continues to evolve: from SFDR 2.0 and the simplification of CSRD and CSDDD to new requirements for ESG ratings and the EET. This article provides a concise overview of the key developments in 2026.

Sustainability Reporting: Key Updates for the financial sector

Thu, 02 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0200

Recent changes in sustainability reporting are expected to reshape the financial industry by simplifying processes, reducing administrative work, and improving data quality. These updates present both challenges and opportunities for stakeholders. Here are the key developments in 2025 industry professionals need to know.

Günther Thallinger's latest article: "Recharging Global Growth"

Thu, 26 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0200

Günther Thallinger, Member of the Board of Management of Allianz SE, Investment Management and Sustainability, explains in his insightful article "Recharging Global Growth.", how we can tackle the economic slowdown and climate change.

SFDR Update: New EET 1.1.2 and enhanced RTS Proposals

Tue, 20 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0100

The recently released European ESG Template (EET) Version 1.1.2 and proposed improvements to the Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) aim to harmonize sustainability reporting practices in the European Union. Let’s explore the latest developments of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR).

IDS expert perspectives on sustainability reporting in Portfolio Institutionell

Tue, 23 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0100

A recent article "Die Krux mit der Klassifizierung" (The challenge of classification) published in Portfolio Institutionell highlights an important aspect of sustainability reporting: the difficulties in classifying investment instruments based sustainability aspects. It discusses various solutions from an expert perspective.

From Disclosure to Reporting: SFDR Consultations and CSRD Standards

Fri, 06 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0200

The European Union (EU) is actively working towards reinforcing sustainable finance by actively involving the public through open and targeted consultations on the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR). Simultaneously, the EU is preparing for the long awaited development in sustainable finance reporting with the recent publication of the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) as part of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD).

SFDR: navigating the latest developments

Thu, 04 May 2023 00:00:00 +0200

Following the application of SFDR Level 1 on 10 March 2021, SFDR Level 2 requirements also came into effect on 1 January 2023. Financial market participants now have until 30 June 2023 to start disclosing their PAI statements on an annual basis. Let’s navigate through the latest SFDR developments.

EU Commission adopts final RTS under SFDR

Thu, 28 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0200

On 6 April 2022, the European Commission adopted the final Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) and their five annexes that financial market participants will use to disclosure sustainability-related information under the Sustainable Finance Disclosures Regulation (SFDR).

FinDatEx consults on EET v1.0 and EMT v4.0

Tue, 15 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0100

On 4 February FinDatEx (Financial Data Exchange Templates) launched two public consultations, one on the new European ESG Template (EET) v1.0 and another one on the update of the European MiFID Template (EMT) v4.0. The consultation is open for feedback until 25 February 2022.

IDS experts at the OS-Climate Technical Deep Dive sessions

Tue, 07 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0100

On 1-2 Dec 2021, OS-Climate (OS-C) held technical deep dive sessions about the OS-C platform and tools. In the session “Data Extraction: Climate Metrics & Natural Language Processing”, Ismail Demir, Data Scientist, IDS – together with Lea Deleris, Head of RISK Artificial Intelligence Research, BNP Paribas, Jeremy Goh, Data Scientist, BNP Paribas, and Karan Chauhan, Data Scientist, Red Hat – presented the Natural Language Processing (NLP) toolkit.

IDS uses the NLP Toolkit to extract KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) from PDF documents. The PDFs are sustainability or annual reports published by any company, and the KPIs are ESG-relevant metrics, e.g. Direct Greenhouse Gas Emissions.

The toolkit consists of two complimentary components:

A rule-based component to extract KPIs from tables
A machine learning component to extract KPIs from body text

IDS experts are proud to collaborate in the development of the algorithms allowing for a faster and easier ESG data sourcing. This will give asset managers and asset owners a greater ability to measure and manage their physical and transition risks.

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