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Advisers propose EU taxonomy criteria for mining of metals
08 January 2025Draft eligibility criteria for mining and manufacturing of metals to be included in the EU sustainability taxonomy have been proposed by the European Commission-mandated Platform on Sustainable Finance.
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EU 'transition' benchmarks pitched to incentivise taxonomy-aligned capex spending
19 December 2024'Investing for transition' benchmarks have been pitched to the EU that would incentivise progressively greater capital expenditure (capex) in 'sustainable' activities linked to the EU taxonomy.
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EU advisers push for sustainability, transition categories to replace SFDR Articles 8 & 9
17 December 2024The EU has been told it should create three categories of sustainable investment products to replace the existing Article 8 and 9 disclosure framework under the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), by its expert Platform on Sustainable Finance
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Define impact investing in SFDR, EU Platform says
17 December 2024The EU should define impact investing so impact funds can be distinguished in an overhauled Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), according to expert advisors mandated by the European Commission.
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Azerbaijan, IFC sustainable taxonomy 'roadmap' to launch at COP29
25 October 2024The Central Bank of Azerbaijan and International Finance Corporation (IFC) are set to publish a sustainable finance taxonomy "roadmap" to encourage interoperability between the rapidly growing number of national 'green lists' in development.
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Taxonomy users told to get creative to maximise its transition planning potential
24 April 2024The EU taxonomy of sustainable activities can help formulate climate transition plans in ways it is currently not being widely used, according to members of a European Commission-mandated expert group.
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EU Platform snubs SLBs in its climate investment stocktake
05 April 2024Sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) are set to be omitted from a stocktake of sustainable capital flows in the EU, highlighting doubts about the materiality and ambition of the targets used by the instruments.
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EU expert group to examine how to hardwire taxonomy into transition plans
29 January 2024An EU-mandated expert group is to advise the EU how criteria from its sustainability taxonomy can be "systematically integrated" to improve comparability and credibility of organisations' climate transition plans.
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EU Platform begins transition plan work as it denies EU neglects issue
29 January 2024A commonly held perception that the EU's sustainable finance framework does not support 'transition' activities is "wrong", the chair of an independent EU advisory group has said, as it begins work on what good transition plans look like.
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Investors devise long wish list for much-maligned SFDR
15 December 2023Every financial product sold in the EU should be required to disclose sustainability information under the much-maligned Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), Europe's largest asset manager has said.