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Nordic green bond issuers criticise EU taxonomy
16 December 2020Nordic local government funding agencies MuniFin, Kommunalbanken and Kommuninvest have jointly published feedback on the EU's proposed sustainable finance taxonomy, warning that it risks undermining the uptake of the EU's planned green bond standard.
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Green Bond Standard 'may lead to fewer issuances'
18 November 2020The introduction of the EU's Green Bond Standard may have the unintended effect of actually reducing the rate of corporate issuances, a panel discussion at Environmental Finance's ESG in Fixed Income Europe 2020 conference heard.