EFAMA has published its response to the joint European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) consultation on taxonomy-related sustainability disclosures in the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR). EFAMA finds that there is a need for full consistency between taxonomy alignment metrics used by financial undertakings for […]
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The Commission published a call for public feedback on the content, methodology and presentation of information that large financial and non-financial undertakings should disclose concerning their environmentally sustainable economic activities. The Commission has recently adopted an EU taxonomy – a classification system, establishing […]
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Sinds enkele weken kan elke grote onderneming of investeerder in de EU Taxonomie nakijken welke eigen activiteiten ‘duurzaam’ mogen heten. Maar de spelregels zijn complex, niet iedereen begrijpt ze nog. Bovendien zijn er enkele hoge politieke hobbels. De ‘zandweg’ naar […]
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Keynote speech by Frank Elderson, Vice-Chair of the Supervisory Board and Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at the conference on “The Role of Banks in Greening Our Economies” organised by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development […]
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De Europese Commissie heeft vandaag een ambitieus en uitgebreid pakket maatregelen goedgekeurd om ervoor te zorgen dat geld beter doorstroomt naar duurzame activiteiten in de hele Europese Unie. De maatregelen van vandaag stellen de beleggers in staat hun beleggingen te […]
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Enkele weken na de implementatie van de Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (“SFDR”) is er nog een hoop werk aan de winkel voor veel financiële instellingen. Dat blijkt uit een onderzoek dat Charco & Dique heeft uitgevoerd onder 90 financiële instellingen. […]
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Rabobank drew up an updated Sustainable Funding framework in September and is the winner of the Environmental Finance Bond Award for innovation – bond structure (sustainability bond). It was innovative in that it introduced the concept of sub-frameworks focusing on […]
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NN Investment Partners scooped the Environmental Finance award for green bond fund of the year for its €1.4 billion ($1.7 billion) NN (L) Green Bond fund, after impressing judges with its extensive market engagement. One Environmental Finance Bond Awards judge said the […]
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BNP Paribas Securities Services en Manaos hebben een partnerschip gesloten met Clarity AI, een toonaangevend duurzaamheidsanalyse- en dataplatform. Vanaf vandaag hebben institutionele klanten van BNP Paribas via Manaos, een fintech platform van BNP Paribas Securities Services, toegang tot duurzaamheidsgegevens en inzichten van Clarity AI. Met Manaos […]
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Austria’s leading utility and long-standing pioneer in green finance VERBUND has achieved another milestone in its sustainable finance track record, with its newly launched Green and Sustainability-linked Bond (the “Bond”). The 20-year, senior unsecured Bond was met with high market […]
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WWF, along with 225 scientists, financial institutions and NGOs, is sounding the alarm about a proposal by the European Commission to classify new fossil gas projects as environmentally sustainable under the EU Taxonomy of Sustainable Investments. In the Commission’s proposal, a […]
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The real estate market has quite a bit of catching up to do if it wants to work through the taxonomy criteria laid down by the European Union. This is partially because stakeholders lack the data they need to fulfil […]
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