Insurance Europe has today published its response to a consultation by the European Commission on its EU Green Bond Standard (GBS). In order to maximise investment in the transition towards sustainability, investors must be able to invest in the green bond market […]
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A number of countries have created official definitions of sustainable finance as well as more comprehensive classification systems, referred to as sustainable finance taxonomies. A new report by the OECD maps sustainable finance definitions and taxonomies in five jurisdictions: the […]
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The European Commission published the list of members of the Platform on Sustainable Finance. As required by the Taxonomy Regulation, the Platform on Sustainable Finance will advise the Commission on the development of robust and science-based technical screening criteria for the […]
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As the European Sustainable Finance Summit gets underway, German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz and Environment Minister Svenja Schulze are calling on European companies to invest more in sustainable economic activities. The first survey, published yesterday, on applying the EU taxonomy […]
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The European Central Bank (ECB) has decided that bonds with coupon structures linked to certain sustainability performance targets will become eligible as collateral for Eurosystem credit operations and also for Eurosystem outright purchases for monetary policy purposes, provided they comply […]
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Het Kenniscentrum Duurzaamheid van DPAM, dat beschikbaar is in zes talen (EN, NL, FR, DE, IT & ES), biedt het publiek een gemakkelijk, toegankelijk en grondig overzicht van de kernprincipes van duurzaam beleggen. Het platform werd in 2019 ontwikkeld door […]
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In de strijd tegen ontbossing lanceert ACTIAM een engagementprogramma ondersteund door satellietbeelden gericht op ontbossingsvrije toeleveringsketens. Door dit initiatief kan de vermogensbeheerder, samen met andere beleggers, meer inzicht krijgen in de toeleveringsketens van de ondernemingen waarin zij beleggen. Met behulp […]
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FTSE Russell, the global index, data and analytics provider, has launched its enhanced Green Revenues 2.0 Data Model, which measures the green revenue exposure of more than 16,000 listed companies across 48 developed and emerging markets. This represents 98.5% of […]
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Starting in late 2019, over 40 investment managers and asset owners worked together in the ‘PRI taxonomy practitioners group’ to implement the taxonomy on a voluntary basis in anticipation of upcoming European regulation. A new report shares insights from the […]
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After the Netherlands and Sweden, Germany has become the third AAA-rated country to issue a green government bond. The German government also announced its commitment to building a full green yield curve, next to its conventional yield curve. Germany is […]
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Luxembourg becomes the first European country to launch a Sustainability Bond Framework. This innovative framework, which meets the highest market standards, is also the first in the world to fully comply with the new recommendations of the European taxonomy for […]
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De Nederlandse Vereniging van Banken heeft in een consultatiereactie gereageerd op de voorgestelde technische standaarden (RTS) voor de verordening betreffende informatieverschaffing over duurzaamheid in de financiële dienstensector (ook wel bekend onder de Engelse term Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation of kortweg […]
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