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Q&A with Christian Thimann, a leading light in sustainable finance
09 February 2018The chair of HLEG and vice-chair of the TCFD shares his views on the reports' key findings and their implications for the insurance sector.
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Regulations could limit sustainable bank financing, HLEG warns
31 January 2018Current and proposed regulations could hinder banks from making more sustainable loans, HLEG says.
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EU green bond standard should make GBPs mandatory, HLEG urges
31 January 2018An official EU green bond standard should be created this year that would make the recommendations of the Green Bond Principles (GBPs) mandatory and require second opinion providers to be accredited, according to the Commission's High-Level Expert Group on Sustainable Finance (HLEG).
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HLEG calls for increased climate risk disclosure by insurers
31 January 2018Greater disclosure and analysis of climate risk by insurers, as well as Solvency II reforms, are among the suggestions in HLEG's final report which aim to make Europe's finance sector more sustainable.
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HLEG final report turns its gaze to natural capital
31 January 2018HLEG's final report expands on its interim report significantly by adding separate sections devoted to agriculture and marine resources.
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Build and adopt sustainability taxonomy by 2020, says HLEG
31 January 2018The final HLEG report lays out a roadmap for a comprehensive taxonomy of sustainable finance, and calls for a working group to be set up this year to complete this "immense task" by 2020.
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Notes from the inside: reflections on HLEG one year on
31 January 2018The final report by the High-Level Expert Group on Sustainable Finance is ambitious but also practical, argues Ingrid Holmes
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Oligopolistic rating agencies must be forced to consider ESG, says HLEG
31 January 2018The European Union should crack down on 'oligopolistic' credit rating agencies by forcing them to integrate environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in their analysis, according to the High-Level Expert Group on Sustainable Finance (HLEG).
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The role of ESG in fiduciary duty needs clarity
27 December 2017Investors should endorse the European Commission's mission to clarify how environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors form a central part of their fiduciary duty, Nathan Fabian says
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European Commission 'looking positively' at lower capital charges for green loans
12 December 2017The European Commission is favourably disposed to the possibility of lowering capital charges on bank loans for climate-friendly projects, according to its vice president, Valdis Dombrovskis.