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ICMA draws up a 'Common Ground Taxonomy' for transition plans
26 February 2024The influential trade association wants issuer to act on transition plans before regulations arrive, and has provided a high-level tool to get the process started. Ahren Lester reports
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ICMA encourages 'early adoption' of transition plans as it unveils framework
19 February 2024The International Capital Market Association (ICMA) has encouraged the "early adoption" of transition plans by companies, publishing a report which identifies three types of transition and provides an integrated transition plan framework.
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Hong Kong to form ESG code of conduct working group
01 November 2023A group is to be established to promote a "globally consistent" code of conduct for ESG ratings and data providers in Hong Kong.
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Asian taxonomies 'better' at dealing with the transition, says ICMA
29 June 2023Taxonomies being developed across Asia are "better" at dealing with the transition to a net zero economy than are those in other jurisdictions such as the EU, an executive at the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) argued.
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ICMA Principles: Transition handbook gets first update
22 June 2023The Climate Transition Finance Handbook (CTFH) has received its first revision since publication, as part of a broader update to the numerous bond principles and guidelines overseen by ICMA.
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ICMA Principles: Transition and sustainability-linked bond updates expected
16 June 2023The International Capital Market Association (ICMA)-administered sustainable bond principles are expected to update their transition finance handbook and expand sustainability-linked bond guidance at its annual general meeting next week.
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ICMA: EU regulators' greenwashing definition 'unhelpful'
16 January 2023The International Capital Market Association (ICMA) has described the initial 'greenwashing' definition proposed by EU regulators as "excessively broad" and "unhelpful" towards developing regulatory approaches to the issue.
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M&G, Moody's chair UK ESG data and ratings code of conduct body
22 November 2022The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has convened a working group to develop a 'significant' voluntary code of conduct for ESG data and ratings providers, which will be co-chaired by M&G and Moody's.
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China Green Bond Principles will 'ensure place in global market'
08 August 2022China has published its own green bond principles (GBP) broadly based on the standard administered by the International Capital Market Association (ICMA)...
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Green Bond Principles tightens 'key' recommendations to reflect market best practice
10 June 2021Three years after the last update, the widely adopted Green Bond Principles has received a raft of updates to bring it in line with the developing best practice in the global sustainable bond market. Ahren Lester reports