{"id":41399150,"date":"2026-07-02T09:34:28","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T07:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fma.gv.at\/?p=41399150"},"modified":"2026-07-07T11:34:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T09:34:18","slug":"esg-ratings-regulation-new-legal-framework-for-esg-ratings-applies-from-2-july-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fma.gv.at\/en\/esg-ratings-regulation-new-legal-framework-for-esg-ratings-applies-from-2-july-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"ESG Ratings Regulation &#8211; new legal framework for ESG ratings applies from 2 July 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Ratings Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2024\/3005, has created a European legal framework for ESG ratings. The Regulation applies directly in all EU member states from 02 July 2026. Its objective is to increase the transparency, comparability and quality of ESG ratings. The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) is responsible for the direct supervision of ESG rating providers, with the FMA active in a supporting capacity.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What are ESG ratings?<\/strong><\/h2><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ESG ratings are standardised ratings of environmental, social and governance characteristics or risks established using a methodology provided to third parties about an entity financial instrument or product.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What applies as a result of the ESG Ratings Regulation?<\/strong><\/h2><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From 02 July 2026, ESG ratings are generally only allowed to be provided and published in the European Union (EU) by regulated ESG rating providers. To do so, an ESMA authorisation must be applied for, although small ESG rating providers may make use of a three-year transition rule, and are initially only required to register with ESMA.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On 01 July 2026 ESMA published a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esma.europa.eu\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-07\/ESMA84-1427279869-1396_Public_Statement_on_Publication_or_distribution_of_ESG_ratings_by_third_parties_in_the_period_from_2_July_2026_until_authorisation__recogniti.pdf\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">public statement on publication or distribution of ESG ratings by third parties in the period from 2 July 2026 until authorisation, recognition or registration of ESG rating providers<\/a>.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Further information can be found on the FMA website at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fma.gv.at\/en\/cross-sectoral-topics\/sustainable-finance\/esg-ratings\/\">https:\/\/www.fma.gv.at\/en\/cross-sectoral-topics\/sustainable-finance\/esg-ratings\/<\/a><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new legal framework applied for ESG ratings from 2 July 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41399150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-information-en"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>ESG Ratings Regulation - new legal framework for ESG ratings applies from 2 July 2026 - FMA \u00d6sterreich<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fma.gv.at\/en\/esg-ratings-regulation-new-legal-framework-for-esg-ratings-applies-from-2-july-2026\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ESG Ratings Regulation - new legal framework for ESG ratings applies from 2 July 2026 - FMA \u00d6sterreich\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A new legal framework applied for ESG ratings from 2 July 2026\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.fma.gv.at\/en\/esg-ratings-regulation-new-legal-framework-for-esg-ratings-applies-from-2-july-2026\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"FMA \u00d6sterreich\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-07-02T07:34:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-07-07T09:34:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.fma.gv.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/FMA_FB_Logo.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"925\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"524\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael Bailey\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@FMA_AT\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@FMA_AT\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Michael Bailey\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.fma.gv.at\\\/en\\\/esg-ratings-regulation-new-legal-framework-for-esg-ratings-applies-from-2-july-2026\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.fma.gv.at\\\/en\\\/esg-ratings-regulation-new-legal-framework-for-esg-ratings-applies-from-2-july-2026\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Bailey\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.fma.gv.at\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0fc93858fe7814eedc8002775131ee91\"},\"headline\":\"ESG Ratings Regulation &#8211; 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