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Executive Summary
Proposed by the European Commission on July 6th, 2021[1], the final negotiation phase of the European Green Bond Standard (EU GBS) has begun but several conten...
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Executive summary
On March 21st, 2022, the American financial watchdog, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), proposed rule changes that would require registrants [1] to ...
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On March 30th, 2022, the Platform on Sustainable Finance (hereafter PSF or the Platform) published its final report containing technical screening criteria (TSC) for the four rem...
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In line with the Taxonomy Regulation [1] and following the European Commission’s request, the Platform on Sustainable Finance (hereafter the “Platform”) published its final repo...
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On January 24th, 2022, the European Banking Authority (EBA) released standards setting out requirements for European banks’ reporting on key Environmental, Social and Governance...
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On February 10th, 2022, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) released its Sustainable Finance Roadmap for the period 2022-2024[1]. This blueprint aims at coordin...
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The European Commission recently shared the long-awaited draft of the Taxonomy criteria for nuclear and gas with Member States and the Platform on Sustainable Finance[1]. The t...
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Last December, the French financial watchdogs have released two reports delving into the climate change related commitments, disclosure, and actual actions of French corporates, ...
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On November 4, 2021, the International Platform on Sustainable Finance (IPSF)[1] taxonomy working group unveiled the “EU-China Common Ground Taxonomy - Climate Change Mitigation (...
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On October 27th, the awaited review of the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) and of the Capital Requirements Directive (CRD) proposal was released by the European Commission w...
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On 6 July 2021, the European Commission unveiled its Proposal for a Regulation on the European Green Bond Standard (EU GBS). Most of its requirements follow market practices. To b...
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In August 2021, the European Commission, released a report[1] based on a study carried out by BlackRock Financial Markets Advisory on the integration of ESG objectives into EU bank...
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After a decade of preparation and repeatedly delayed launch, China’s national Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) officially made its debut on July 16, 2021. The national ETS market clo...
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The European Central Bank (ECB) has been under increased pressure from civil society and politicians to take action on climate change[1]. Sign of the acceleration that we are witn...
In July, a multitude of legislative proposals and strategies related to sustainable finance have been announced by the European Commission and the European Central Bank...
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On May 7, 2021, the EU Commission published a call for public feedback on the contemplated content, methodology and presentation of the information that companies will have to dis...
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On May 26th, the District Court of The Hague in the Netherlands ruled that Royal Dutch Shell (“RDS”) must curtail its scope 1 to 3 global carbon emissions by net 45% by 2030 compa...
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On Tuesday 13th April 2021, the Social Loan Principles (SLP) have been published by the Loan Market Association (LMA), the Asia Pacific Loan Market Association (APLMA) and the Loan S...
