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Investors and businesses have asked the EU Commission to delay taxonomy reporting requirements for eligible activities against the four new objectives.

Banks have called on the EU to catch-up with other jurisdictions - in particular, the UK and Japan - by providing guidance on transition plans and finance.

Attempts to finalise a standard have been bogged down in talks about whether the labelled bond market also needs minimum requirements - but there is hope of resolution. Ahren Lester reports

Investor expectations around earnings pose a key challenge to increasing natural capital financing, the Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) has said.

Worsening market liquidity is shrinking the size of the 'greenium' for sovereign, sub-sovereign, supranational and agency (SSA) green bond issuers...

Sovereign green bond issuance helped labelled debt secure a record share of the European bond market in the second quarter, Ahren Lester writes

19% of total European bond issuance in the first half of 2022 were sustainable bonds despite a decline for social and securitised bonds, whilst sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) grew to secure more than 2% market share.

The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) has recommended that the EU Green Bond Standard (GBS) focus on its original product-based objectives amid concern recent developments...

The EU Parliament has passed tougher amendments to the EU Green Bond Standard (EU GBS) which was described by one senior politician as a "clear signal" to EU member states not to water down the proposals.

The share of total European bond issuance held by sustainable bonds has dropped to 14% in the first three months of 2022...