FCA seeks experts to join new ESG advisory committee

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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is looking for ‘expressions of interest’ from stakeholders to join its new advisory committee to help shape its work on ESG issues.

Earlier this year, the FCA board decided to establish a new ESG advisory committee to help execute its ESG-related responsibilities, which includes meeting the government's expectation that regulator has regard for the UK's commitment to achieving a net zero economy by 2050 when considering how to advance and achieve its objectives and functions, it said. The new committee's role will be to advise the board on the following: How it executes oversight of ESG issues relevant to the FCA both as a regulator and our own operations Relevant emerging ESG topics or issues How the FCA sh...

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