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Version date: 10 March 2021 - onwards
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Article 6 Transparency of the integration of sustainability risks

1. Financial market participants shall include descriptions of the following in pre‐contractual disclosures:

(a) the manner in which sustainability risks are integrated into their investment decisions; and

(b) the results of the assessment of the likely impacts of sustainability risks on the returns of the financial products they make available.

Where financial market participants deem sustainability risks not to be relevant, the descriptions referred to in the first subparagraph shall include a clear and concise explanation of the reasons therefor.

2. Financial advisers shall include descriptions of the following in pre‐contractual disclosures:

(a) the manner in which sustainability risks are integrated into their investment or insurance advice; and

(b) the result of the assessment of the likely impacts of sustainability risks on the returns of the financial products they advise on.

3. The information referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article shall be disclosed in the following manner: