Editorial

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The Green & Sustainable Hub (GSH) is delighted to present its best wishes for 2023 and takes the opportunity to draw lessons from 2022.
Before starting the new year, we looke...

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In 2021, the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG), the European public-private advisory group on financial reporting, has been charged by the European Commission w...

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Executive SummaryPursuant to its climate action roadmap released in 2021 (see our July 2021 article “European Central Bank’s historic pledge on climate”)[1], the ECB announced...

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The Platform’s March 2022 recommendations on extending the Taxonomy [1] are timely and meaningful but unlikely to be politically endorsed [2]. Nonetheless, market participants m...

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As bombs are falling on Kyiv, Europe’s gas dependency towards Russia could never have felt so pungent. The COVID-19 pandemic and the all-out war against Ukraine shed light on th...

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The Green & Sustainable Hub (GSH) is pleased to share its sincere New Year wishes with its newsletter readers. This period is always an opportunity to reflect on the last tw...

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Executive Summary
The 26th Conference of the Parties (COP) took place between October 31st and November 13th in Glasgow, Scotland. It was hosted by the UK, in partnership with Ita...

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Following our recent article “Sustainable Taxonomy development worldwide: a standard-setting race between competing jurisdictions” (July 2021), we have just released our dedicated ...

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On 14 July, the European Commission adopted a set of 13 proposals, the so-called “Fit for 55 package”, to make the EU's climate, energy, transport and taxation policies commensura...

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The 53-page Draft Report on “Social Taxonomy” from the Sustainable Finance Platform Subgroup recently leaked. To our great surprise, it offers an already sophisticated approach a...

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A seat for everyone is necessary at the climate action table. Sustainable Finance will fail in its mission if it continues to confine high-emitting industries to the sidelines.
The...

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The Sustainability-linked Bonds market undergoes a stepwise growth with 20 transactions totalling $8 billion of issuances in 2021 already. Is this the beginning of an exponential g...

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On January 27th, President Biden has signed the landmark executive order "tackling the climate crisis at home and abroad." The Biden Administration aims to pursue a whole-of-govern...

Bonne Année!
Wishing you all health, happiness, and a more sustainable future in the New Year ahead!
 
This time of the year is an excellent occasion to reflect on achievements and lessons after ...

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China’s recently disclosed ambition to become carbon neutral by 2060[1] and to reach its GHG emissions peak before 2030 has been hailed as a potential game-changer[2]. Similar net...

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On November 20, 2020 the European Commission published the long-awaited Draft Delegated Act under the Taxonomy Regulation[1], on climate change mitigation and climate change a...

In the energy sector, the latest strategic and climate announcements from BP and Total have been the subject of extensive comments (see this month's Trends section). While there are many similarit...

Introduction
After the agreement on a post-pandemic Recovery Plan at European Council level, the French government announced a €100 billion stimulus plan on September 3, 2020. Designed to be roll...