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Taxonomy

Extended Taxonomy: acknowledging “in betweenness” to soften elitism

03 Jun 2022
7 min.

6 - minute read
 
The Platform’s March 2022 recommendations on extending the Taxonomy [1] are timely and meaningful but unlikely to be politically endorsed [2]. Nonetheless, market participants m...

The clash between sovereignty and sustainability?

24 Mar 2022
18 min.

16 - minute read
 
As bombs are falling on Kyiv, Europe’s gas dependency towards Russia could never have felt so pungent. The COVID-19 pandemic and the all-out war against Ukraine shed light on th...

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

30 Nov 2021
6 min.

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 (...

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...

The New Geography of Taxonomies

04 Oct 2021
2 min.

Updated in August 2023
 
In the field of sustainable finance, guidelines and standards are the bedrock of product design and market integrity. Private investing and funding strategies need anchorin...

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...

A fury of Sustainable Finance announcements in the European Union

29 Jul 2021
19 min.

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...

The UK about to impose mandatory TCFD climate disclosure and to issue a sovereign Green Bond

30 Nov 2020
6 min.

- 7-minute read - 

In November, the UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak made numerous announcements related to sustainable finance, as part of the UK’s plan to bolster the dynamism, open...

The European Commission released draft Delegated Act of the Taxonomy criteria

30 Nov 2020
6 min.

- 5-minute read - 
 
On November 20, 2020 the European Commission published the long-awaited Draft Delegated Act under the Taxonomy Regulation[1], on climate change mitigation and climate change a...

TEG 101 - EU Taxonomy of sustainable activities

10 Sep 2020
4 min.

Editorial
Within a year, unprecedented efforts allowed to deliver a sort of “encyclopedia” of sustainability. Fortunately, the 414-page report released on June 18 by the Technical Expert Group on...

Historic deal reached on the EU recovery package and budget

29 Jul 2020
8 min.

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...

Covid-19 crisis in Europe: a midwife for a federalist green & social leap forward

12 Jun 2020
18 min.

A new chapter of history textbooks is being written in Europe and the pen could be green and social. The once politically inconceivable measures could become a reality. Taboos fall one after anot...

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