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ECB's avenues to intensify climate action in quest “of punch”

08 Feb 2023

4 minutes read
 
Monetary policy tightening, responding to 2022’s inflationary spike, could hinder the green transition. Interest rates and raw material price increase create new barriers to low-c...

Climate worst performers under strain from ECB's Green QE, collateral and parliamentary proposals for capital rules changes

04 Nov 2022

9 - minute read
 
Details were released late September on how ECB’s green QE would work. The titling of bonds purchasing program focuses on climate change mitigation and began to apply to corporat...

CSRD, where are we at?

04 Nov 2022

10 - minute read
 
Last June the European Parliament and Council agreed on a final text [1] for the corporate sustainability reporting directive (CSRD), that will update the 2014 Non-Financial Rep...

Nuclear and gas inclusion in the taxonomy creates a “between in and out”

05 Aug 2022

5 - minutes read
 
The vote in the European Parliament was expected to be tight as a cross-party coalition from the left to center-right was opposing the taxonomy complementary delegated act on nu...

Updated Common Ground Taxonomy, the crowbar of international green capital flows?

05 Aug 2022

6 - minute read
 
The EU-China Common Ground Taxonomy (CGT) has received plenty of attention from international capital markets and policymakers since its initial release in November 2021. Some As...

SEC’s new proposed ESG disclosures for funds and advisers

05 Aug 2022

7-minute read
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Executive summary
On May 25th, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed changes to rules and reporting forms to establish disclosure requirements for funds and...

The EU Green Bond Standard: intense negotiations on instrumental aspects

03 Jun 2022

10 - minute read
 
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...

Navigating the sea of proposed climate-related disclosures: A deep dive into the SEC’s, ISSB’s and EFRAG’s proposals

03 Jun 2022

20 - minute read

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 ...

Taxonomy criteria for non-climate objectives: a welcomed hard work with some inconsistencies

03 Jun 2022

12 - minute read

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...

EU Social Taxonomy Proposal: simpler and meaningful but half-way through

24 Mar 2022

22 - minute read
 
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...

New pillar 3 ESG risks requirements to offer a partial snapshot of banks’ transition

24 Mar 2022

2 - minute read
 
On January 24th, 2022, the European Banking Authority (EBA) released standards setting out requirements for European banks’ reporting on key Environmental, Social and Governance...

Greenwashing as a cornerstone of ESMA’s newly released Sustainable Finance Roadmap

24 Mar 2022

2 - minute read
 
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...

Nuclear & Gas in the EU Taxonomy: integrity safeguarded despite postures and outrages

20 Jan 2022

2 - minute read 
 
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...

Insightful benchmark of climate and fossil fuels practices of French financial institutions and corporates by the AMF and the ACPR

20 Jan 2022

10-minutes read
 
Last December, the French financial watchdogs have released two reports delving into the climate change related commitments, disclosure, and actual actions of French corporates, ...

EU-China Common Ground Taxonomy, a painkiller to taxonomy headaches?

30 Nov 2021

10-minute read
 
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 (...

Banks’ prudential requirements: towards a comprehensive integration of ESG risks into the EU prudential framework

30 Nov 2021

20-minute read
 
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...

The European Green Bond Standard: a future gold standard for green bond issuance?

30 Nov 2021

10-minute read
 
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...

Blackrock Report to the EU Commission on the integration of ESG factors into prudential frameworks

30 Sep 2021

5-minute read
 
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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