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FoSDA Publishes Annual Report 2025

Today, the Future of Sustainable Data Alliance (FoSDA) published its interim annual report, highlighting insights and showcasing progress from the past year. Download the report “2024 was a pivotal year for FoSDA, one that placed strategic focus firmly on enhancing the foundations of our alliance to meet the challenges and

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FoSDA responds to EFRAG’s ESRS consultation

FoSDA’s role is to enable the power of financial markets to address environmental and social issues through the provision of high quality, comprehensive data. The availability and quality of that data depends partly on disclosure standards. FoSDA was pleased to respond to EFRAG’s recent consultation on European Sustainability Reporting Standards

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FoSDA APPOINTS MAGNUS BILLING AS INDEPENDENT CHAIR 

The Future of Sustainable Data Alliance (FoSDA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Magnus Billing as Independent Chair.

Magnus joined FoSDA in late May and will help to foster wider stakeholder engagement and productive governance.

Magnus’ appointment to this newly-created role follows the recent arrival of Will Goodhart as FoSDA’s Executive Director in April 2025. It reinforces FoSDA’s ambition and marks a further significant step forward in its mission to broaden and amplify the voice of the sustainable data and analytics ecosystem.

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Summary of discussions under Chatham House Rules at FoSDA’s event on the future of the EU’s sustainable finance framework (15 May 2025)

Last week’s Future of Sustainable Data Alliance (FoSDA) session in Brussels brought together investors, policymakers, regulators and policy professionals from across the financial services sector to discuss the evolution of the EU’s sustainable finance framework. Some high-level observations on the session are summarised below. So, where are we today? What

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FoSDA Event Update: How do we scale sustainable investment in the EU?

The EU has been at the forefront of the sustainable finance agenda, with developments like the EUTaxonomy, SFDR, CSRD, and CSDDD building an ambitious and evolving policy framework. Significant progress has been made, and the Omnibus Simplification Package signals there’s more to come. Making the most of this moment requires constructive engagement to ensure the regulatory framework remains both coherent and

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FoSDA NAMES WILL GOODHART AS ITS FIRST EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AS IT MOVES TO STRENGTHEN THE VOICE OF SUSTAINABLE DATA AND ANALYTICS INDUSTRY

London, 20 March 2025 – The Future of Sustainable Data Alliance (FoSDA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Will Goodhart as Executive Director, in a newly created role. His appointment comes at a pivotal time as FoSDA amplifies its mission to strengthen the voice of the sustainable data and analytics ecosystem. Will joins FoSDA on 22 April 2025, bringing

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FOSDA Biodiversity Working Group (BDWG) Summary Report 2024

This report provides a snapshot of some of the discussions within FOSDA’s Biodiversity & Nature Working Group (BWG) throughout 2024. The group engages guest speakers to discuss different aspects of the evolving Nature Finance agenda, overcome limitations regarding emerging science, technology, standards, and methods related to biodiversity integration in finance.

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