ESMA Guidelines and Recommendations

ESMA prioritises the fight against greenwashing in its new Sustainable Finance Roadmap

ESMA Guidelines and Recommendations

Date: 07 March 2022

On 11 February 2022, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published its Sustainable Finance Roadmap 2022-2024 (Roadmap). ESMA identifies three priorities for its sustainable finance work:

  1. Tackling greenwashing and promoting transparency;
  2. Building National Competent Authorities’ (NCAs) and ESMA’s capacities in the sustainable finance field; and
  3. Monitoring, assessing and analysing ESG markets and risks.