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EU 'transition' benchmarks pitched to incentivise taxonomy-aligned capex spending
19 December 2024'Investing for transition' benchmarks have been pitched to the EU that would incentivise progressively greater capital expenditure (capex) in 'sustainable' activities linked to the EU taxonomy.
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EU advisers push for sustainability, transition categories to replace SFDR Articles 8 & 9
17 December 2024The EU has been told it should create three categories of sustainable investment products to replace the existing Article 8 and 9 disclosure framework under the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), by its expert Platform on Sustainable Finance
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Define impact investing in SFDR, EU Platform says
17 December 2024The EU should define impact investing so impact funds can be distinguished in an overhauled Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), according to expert advisors mandated by the European Commission.
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Taxonomy users told to get creative to maximise its transition planning potential
24 April 2024The 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.
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EU Platform snubs SLBs in its climate investment stocktake
05 April 2024Sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) are set to be omitted from a stocktake of sustainable capital flows in the EU, highlighting doubts about the materiality and ambition of the targets used by the instruments.
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EU expert group to examine how to hardwire taxonomy into transition plans
29 January 2024An EU-mandated expert group is to advise the EU how criteria from its sustainability taxonomy can be "systematically integrated" to improve comparability and credibility of organisations' climate transition plans.
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EU Platform begins transition plan work as it denies EU neglects issue
29 January 2024A commonly held perception that the EU's sustainable finance framework does not support 'transition' activities is "wrong", the chair of an independent EU advisory group has said, as it begins work on what good transition plans look like.
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Call for EU to create 'taxonomy-aligning' benchmarks
13 December 2023The EU Platform on Sustainable Finance has proposed 'taxonomy-aligning' benchmarks that would select constituents based on the percentage of their investments in activities aligned with the EU's taxonomy.
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How to complete the EU's taxonomy
27 July 2023The creation of two types of sustainable investment will bring clarity to where transition investment needs to be focused, Helena Viñes Fiestas tells Michael Hurley
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EU Platform announces data, taxonomy working group leads
20 April 2023Representatives of Axa Investment Managers and SEB have been appointed to lead groups in the EU Platform on data, usability and monitoring capital flows towards sustainable investments.
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