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  • Taxonomy users told to get creative to maximise its transition planning potential

    24 April 2024

    The 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.

  • Transition bond structure could be revived by EU taxonomy extension

    29 March 2022

    A proposed extension of the EU's sustainability taxonomy to cover activities deemed to be in transition could spur more use-of-proceeds 'transition bonds', according to proposals by an expert group.

  • An extended EU taxonomy 'would be clearer for investors'

    18 August 2021

    Extending the EU's taxonomy of sustainable activities to have separate criteria to identify activities that cause 'significant harm' would provide clarity for investors about which activities are unsustainable, a webinar heard.

  • European Commission's TEG to issue first draft of taxonomy, and call for more experts

    28 November 2018

    A first draft of the EU's taxonomy of climate mitigation activities will be unveiled next week, probably on Tuesday.

  • The EU 'should define brown investments, as well as green investments'

    09 November 2018

    Defining a brown investment could be as important a task for the EU's sustainable finance action plan as defining a green investment, it was claimed.