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Strides in Oil and Gas transition methodologies with the release of ACT & SBTi guidance

24 Sep 2020

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The Sciences Based Targets initiatives (SBTi) and Assessing low-Carbon Transition (ACT) have simultaneously developed transition methodologies for the Oil & Gas (O&G) indus...

Climate Bonds Initiative launch of a new set of criteria towards greener agriculture

24 Sep 2020

Concerns about the agricultural and forestry sectors grow within the investment sphere as they are considered to account for approximately 25% of global greenhouse gas emissions, as well as a huge...

Historic deal reached on the EU recovery package and budget

29 Jul 2020

6-minute read
 
On July 21 2020, following a marathon EU-summit in Brussels, the European Council, composed of the leader of the EU’s 27 Member States, agreed on ambitious post-Covid Recovery Pla...

Sustainability-Linked Bond Principles : a set of guidelines to help this new product thrive in integrity

29 Jul 2020

 
On June 9, 2020, the International Capital Market Association (ICMA)’s Green & Social Bond Principles published a new set of voluntary process guidelines for the debt capital market related ...

A Greener Green Bond Catalogue: The incoming China’s unified Taxonomy notches new win

12 Jun 2020

On 29th May 2020, the People’s Bank of China (PBoC), the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) jointly issued the Draft for Public...

NGFS, ECB and ACPR: a new wave of recommendations and consultations about climate-related risks

12 Jun 2020

Despite the unprecedented economic crisis triggered by covid-19 pandemic, financial regulators and supervisors do not lose sight of what many of them now consider a major long-term threat for fina...

EU draft delegated acts on Climate Benchmarks and ESG disclosure regulations: what is divergent from the TEG Final Report?

04 May 2020

Following the publication of the EU TEG Report on Benchmarks in September 2019, the European Commission (EC) has published three consultations on draft delegated regulations for ESG Disclosure and...

European Commission’s Renewed Sustainable Finance Strategy: broader and deeper

30 Apr 2020

The European Union has not shown any slack in its drive for a more sustainable financial system in spite of the Covid-19-related crisis. In the search for solutions and new regulatory measures th...

French market authority issues a first set of requirements to control sustainable funds communication

08 Apr 2020

In a context of strong growth of sustainable investment funds and a few months after the setup of a dedicated sustainable finance commission, the French AMF (Autorité des Marchés Financiers) has m...

EU Taxonomy of green activities: final report from the TEG to the EU Commission released

08 Apr 2020

On March 9th, the Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance (TEG) published its final reports to the EU Commission on the Green Taxonomy. 3 documents were released: the “Taxonomy: Final report...

EU Taxonomy - reminder on who, what and when

26 Feb 2020

Following the political agreement  last December between the European Parliament and the Council, the Regulation on “the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment”, the so-c...

ECBC to set minimum standards for Energy Efficiency Covered Bonds

26 Feb 2020

According to Environmental Finance, the European Covered Bond Council (ECBC) is currently working on market initiatives which will set minimum standards for Covered Bond issuances to be eligible fo...

European Green Deal: Putting words into action

04 Feb 2020

On the occasion of the recent World Economic Forum in Davos, Ursula von der Leyen showcased the Green Deal announced last month by the European Commission, stating that it constituted the European ...

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