FCA Sustainability Disclosure Requirements Update

The FCA's sustainability disclosure requirements continue to extend across further categories of regulated firms, with asset managers facing the most immediate and detailed obligations around product-level sustainability labelling and reporting.

The operational challenge firms report most consistently is data reconciliation — sustainability data drawn from multiple third-party providers that don't always agree, a pattern we've addressed directly in client engagements building source-hierarchy frameworks for ESG reporting.

Firms without a documented process for resolving conflicting sustainability data sources should treat this as an immediate priority, given the disclosure obligations now attaching to figures that many firms currently produce through an undocumented, ad hoc reconciliation process.

This briefing reflects Alden Advisory's general commentary on a developing regulatory topic and is not legal or regulatory advice. Firms should seek specific guidance for their own circumstances.