The Situation: The European Union ("EU") is on track to adopt the Taxonomy Regulation by the end of 2020, a key pillar of both the EU Action Plan on Financing Sustainable Growth and the European Green Deal.
The Result: The...more
The Situation: Three major pillars of the EU action plan on sustainable finance ("EU Action Plan") at varying stages of development have taken steps forward.
The Result: We now have a regulation on climate-related benchmarks...more
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") is scrutinizing the methodologies and criteria of investment funds that embrace environmental, social, and governance ("ESG") strategies as record amounts of money flow into...more
The Situation: The European Banking Authority ("EBA") issued its Action Plan on Sustainable Finance ("Action Plan") on December 6, 2019, setting forth an outline for its deliverables and activities related to environmental,...more
The Situation: Intensifying public interest in companies' Environmental, Social, and Governance ("ESG") information has prompted many to make voluntary ESG disclosures.
The Result: The Project for Growth and Opportunity...more
ESG—Environmental, Social, and Governance—investing is attracting the attention of pension funds, hedge funds, sell-side analysts, large money managers, lenders and banks, and political interest groups and activists, all of...more
The Situation: As part of its drive to develop financing for sustainable growth, the European Union is developing an EU-wide classification system for sustainable activities. This common language will be used by market...more