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Make 'huge' taxonomy extension to cover entire economy, Platform says

The EU's taxonomy of sustainable activities should be extended to essentially cover every economic activity - including to define activities that must be "urgently exited", an expert group has told the European Commission.

Commission risks undermining taxonomy regulation, warns EU Platform

European Commission proposals that would allow some nuclear and natural gas to be labelled as sustainable risk undermining fundamental precepts of the EU taxonomy regulation and should be reworked into an entirely new framework, an expert group appointed by the EU has warned.

ICMA: 'Common ground' taxonomy should increase scope, not granularity

The International Capital Market Association (ICMA) has recommended that the landmark 'common ground' taxonomy (CGT) of green activities widens its scope to include additional categories and transition activities, but avoids developing the granularity seen in the EU Taxonomy.

'Much needed' EU, China common ground taxonomy published

The International Platform on Sustainable Finance (IPSF) has published its long-awaited initial scoping report detailing its "common ground" taxonomy (CGT) of green activities, described as a "much-needed" attempt to set global definitions.

EU expert group publishes proposed social, transition Taxonomy extensions

The Platform on Sustainable Finance (PSF) has published proposals for extending the EU Taxonomy for sustainable activities to include 'social' objectives, as well as extend the existing 'green' Taxonomy to specifically identify environmentally harmful and 'transition' activities to add nuance to the landmark regulation.

News round-up: UK joins IPSF, Blackrock invests in US solar notes, WBA launches 'just transition' assessment...and more

UK joins International Platform on Sustainable Finance

EU asks expert group to clarify transition activities in Taxonomy

Final EU Taxonomy criteria delayed after draft proposals response

The publication of the final technical screening criteria (TSC) for the EU Taxonomy for sustainable activities have been delayed as the European Commission wades through the more than 46,000 responses to the consultation on the draft criteria.

EU Platform calls on Commission to revise taxonomy proposal

The European Commission-mandated Platform on Sustainable Finance has called on the Commission to revise aspects of its draft sustainability taxonomy legislation, including to focus on 'transition' of currently ineligible activities that could eventually align with the taxonomy.