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Chinese exchanges update sustainability disclosure guidelines

Chinese green bond and loan taxonomies unified in 'significant' update

Chinese regulators have published a new 'green catalogue', which unifies the green bond and loan taxonomies and continues the process of reducing the fragmentation of the green debt market in the country.

China appoints 63-member sustainability disclosure expert group

China Green Bond Principles will 'ensure place in global market'

China has published its own green bond principles (GBP) broadly based on the standard administered by the International Capital Market Association (ICMA)...

News round-up: NBIM and SEC

NBIM calls for more detail in CSRC ESG disclosures

China green bonds: the state and effectiveness of the market

Despite the strong growth in the Chinese green bond market in recent years, analysis by the Climate Policy Initiative's Donovan Escalante and June Choi shows there is still plenty policymakers and investors can do to boost how effective the market becomes

Chinese green bond standard update a 'great signal' to market

After years of misalignment with global green bond standards, the new proposals from Chinese watchdogs should clear the way for greater green bond issuance. Ahren Lester reports

Chinese regulators to exclude 'clean' fossil fuels from green bond standard

Chinese regulators propose to exclude controversial 'clean' fossil fuel projects from their list of eligible green bonds.

China unveils ‘game-changing’ guidelines for green investment

The publication of the first official policy guidance for Chinese investors on integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors has been hailed as “a potential game-changer” for one of the world’s fastest-growing economies.