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The final text of the EUGBS Regulation has leaked on May 10th, 2023. It means that few days are left before its official adoption as a European law. Entry into application will occur around mid-...

Natixis CIB's Green & Sustainable Hub accompanied the IDFC and its members in framing the notion of SDG alignment through a dedicated study and tailor-made advisory sessions.

 
The Platform’s March 2022 recommendations on extending the Taxonomy are timely and meaningful, but unlikely to be politically endorsed. Nonetheless, market participants must not wait for unpredi...

In the field of sustainable finance, guidelines and standards are the bedrock of product design and market integrity. Private investing and funding strategies need anchoring definitions and undispu...

In Sustainable Finance, social issues have long been addressed through the lenses of risk factors and minimum safeguards. Conversely, Use-of-Proceeds Social Bonds focus on the contribution to adequ...

Financing green hydrogen’s development: clearing the hurdles
- Offering systemic decarbonization solutions for entire sectors of industry and mobility, the hydrogen sector, in particular the green ...

This report explores the essential role played by waste management in transitioning the economy towards a more circular model. The concept of “circular” economy, based on maintaining over time the ...

Long considered the energy carrier of the future, hydrogen has apparently entered a new era. With massive recovery plans in Europe heavily focused on the production and uses (mobility, industry) of...

The Great Divide
Opposing U.S. Climate Policy

Climate change is a topic of growing geopolitical and economic significance....

This research report explores the numerous benefits and costs of desalination as a means of producing potable water. Desalination refers to the process of removing salts and other impurities from ...

 The following research report draws on the basic fact that there can be no life without water. When scientists search for inhabitable planets, the very first question they ask when gazing into the...

Climate finance will fail in its mission if it continues to leave high emitting industries on its sidelines but a robust approach is necessary. During the whole of 2019, Natixis Green & Sustai...