NEWS & CONTENT

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...

The European Union has not shown any slack in its drive for a more sustainable financial system in spite of the Covid-19-related crisis. In the search for solutions and new regulatory measures th...

Corsia, the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation, is a voluntary carbon offsetting scheme developed International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), coming into force...

"Greening" economic recovery plans is becoming a mantra. One of the latest calls came from the EU Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance (TEG). It argues that the Taxonomy, EU Green Bond St...

The Covid-19 crisis has had severe implications across the world to date and represent significant challenge to the economy. During such an unprecedented time, governments, agencies, financial in...

SRI investors are reshaping their sustainability-themed investment strategies in facing the crisis, some of them specifying response to Covid-19 must be done in alignment with the SDGs. Issuers (ma...

Last 11 March, the European Commission (EC) announced it would review State aid rules and launch a project to produce clean hydrogen to replace fossil fuels to help European firms maintain a compe...