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Transition plan stocktaking from the NGFS

06 Sep 2023

4-minute read
 
Around 42% of micro-prudential authorities worldwide have already started or plan to engage with financial institutions on transition plans, says a recent report from the NGFS. Are...

A new Taxonomy is born: insights on the Mexican Sustainable Taxonomy

10 May 2023

6 minutes read
 
Since the publication of our study the “New Geography of Taxonomies”, in July 2021, jurisdictions in Europe, Asia and the Americas have either begun or concluded their taxonomy de...

EUGBS: hurrah a political agreement… but no legislative transcription details yet

10 May 2023

8 minutes read
After months of political dead-end[1], market participants were relieved by the political agreement concluded between the Council and the Parliament on the European Green Bond Stand...

The Green Claims Directive proposal: the EU arms up against greenwashing

10 May 2023

9 minutes read
 
The European Commission (EC) has prompted surprise with the publication of a Green Claims Directive proposal[1] in the end of March 2023. Despite our forecast that greenwashing wo...

Taxo4: insights from the release of criteria for non-climate objectives

10 May 2023

5 minutes read
 
On April 5th, 2023, the European Commission (EC) published the long-awaited draft delegated acts (DAs) to the Taxonomy Regulation containing technical screening criteria (TSC) for...

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...

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