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The EU Green Bond Standard: intense negotiations on instrumental aspects

03 Jun 2022
11 min.

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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...

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

30 Nov 2021
13 min.

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...

Sustainable Taxonomy development worldwide: a standard-setting race between competing jurisdictions

29 Jul 2021
10 min.

9-minute read
 
On July 12, the Platform on Sustainable Finance published two draft reports about a social taxonomy proposal and an extension of the current green taxonomy to significantly harmful...

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

24 Sep 2020
1 min.

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...

ECBC to set minimum standards for Energy Efficiency Covered Bonds

26 Feb 2020
1 min.

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...

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