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On 29th May 2020, the People’s Bank of China (PBoC), the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) jointly issued the Draft for Public...

CICERO[1] is a research center for climate research and environmental science. Its subsidiary "CICERO Shades of Green Ltd" (thereafter CICERO) is one of the leading providers of second party opini...

Despite the unprecedented economic crisis triggered by covid-19 pandemic, financial regulators and supervisors do not lose sight of what many of them now consider a major long-term threat for fina...

As ESG investments are becoming mainstream, the market of impact investing is getting increasingly structured. Two recent initiatives have been set up recently to support impact data industrializa...

In the field of climate action, the past few months have been marked by major statements by Europe’s largest integrated Oil & Gas groups (BP, Eni, Repsol, Shell and Total). From Repsol last De...

Unédic issued its inaugural EUR4bn Social Bond (Nov-2026 OAT+36) on May 15, 2020, which represented the largest social bond ever issued worldwide for any type of issuer. On June 10th, the Agency i...

A new chapter of history textbooks is being written in Europe and the pen could be green and social. The once politically inconceivable measures could become a reality. Taboos fall one after anot...

Summary:  Europe’s prominent Oil & Gas groups (BP, Eni, Repsol, Shell and Total) made major announcements in the field of climate change slightly before and after the Covid-19 crisis broke out....

Following the publication of the EU TEG Report on Benchmarks in September 2019, the European Commission (EC) has published three consultations on draft delegated regulations for ESG Disclosure and...

Last month, the Finance Initiative of the UN Environment Program (UNEP Fi) launched new tools to help companies and financial institutions better assess the impact of their activities: the UNEP FI...

SUEZ has successfully issued a €500m Green Bond 
On November 8th 2023, SUEZ, a leading French player in Water and Waste business with a unique experience o...

The Net Zero Asset Owners Alliance (NZAOA) recently issued a call for comment to respond to the urgent need to align carbon neutrality methodologies.
Launched in early 2019, the NZAOA gathers a s...