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EFRAG and CSRD: why you are going to hear (more) about it

04 Nov 2022
3 min.

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

ECB to decarbonize its corporate bond purchasing and collateral framework: from intent to almost immediate action

05 Aug 2022
26 min.

20 - minute read****
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...

Extended Taxonomy: acknowledging “in betweenness” to soften elitism

03 Jun 2022
7 min.

6 - minute read
 
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...

The clash between sovereignty and sustainability?

24 Mar 2022
18 min.

16 - minute read
 
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...

What 2021 unleashed and what 2022 holds for us

20 Jan 2022
8 min.

7 - minutes read
 
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...

COP26 - A fragile win

30 Nov 2021
17 min.

16-minute read
 
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...

Fit for 55: bringing EU’s decarbonisation efforts to the next level

29 Jul 2021
24 min.

21-minute read
 
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...

The EU Social Taxonomy Draft: promising buildings blocks

16 Jun 2021
23 min.

20-minute read
 
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...

Brown Industries: Our Transition Tightrope

29 Apr 2021
1 min.

1-minute read
 
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...

SLBs, a new era for sustainable bonds investors?

29 Mar 2021
4 min.

3-minute read
 
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...

President Biden’s executive order "tackling the climate crisis" fleshes out his campaign promises on climate change

23 Feb 2021
11 min.

9-minute read
 
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...

Our New Year Wishes: reflecting on 2020 and contemplating 2021

14 Jan 2021
3 min.

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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