Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Inclusion of coal in green taxonomy would border on state-sanctioned greenwashing, says Christina Ng, Research & Stakeholder Engagement Leader, Debt Markets, and Putra Adhiguana, Energy Technologies Research Lead, Asia, at IEEFA. Its current green taxonomy excludes gas, liquefied natural gas and coal-fired power activities.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 6, 2023

It was supported by an informal technical expert group, and a founding partner group consisting of Global Canopy, UNDP, UNEP FI, and WWF, to develop recommendations for more effective nature-related disclosures in order to promote more informed investment decision-making.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 9, 2022

A key amendment requires 100% of the proceeds to fund green projects, instead of 50-70% previously. This is a big step for foreign investors who are eager to invest in China’s domestic green bond market but have concerns about greenwashing—inadvertently buying ‘green’ bonds that, in fact, support non-green projects.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

In previous years, AIGCC found that investors were relying on third-party ESG data service providers and other globally available standards such as the EU Taxonomy to define net zero, low carbon or climate aligned investments. The situation looks to be improving as it was cited by 56% of respondents in 2020, falling to 45% in 2021.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Having launched its framework in November 2022, the TPT aims to finalise its disclosure framework and implementation guidance and will develop sectoral guidance.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 19, 2023

This split in opinion was showcased in a Morningstar Sustainalytics survey , in which 50% of respondents said they would like to see Article 8 and Article 9 categories replaced by labels, while 39% would prefer to keep Article 8 and Article 9 categories.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 18, 2024

The case for more dynamic, quality green bond issuances The last UK green financing strategy expected that green gilts would “help catalyse further growth of the corporate green bond market in the UK” – this appears under-delivered. This should crucially set a best practice to guide corporate markets.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 3, 2022

This not only creates considerable confusion among investors but exposes them to accusations of greenwashing, as well as the risk of holding investments that are not aligned with their own ESD/SDG requirements. What is beyond doubt however, is that the ‘green’ label helps to attract significant asset flows.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 29, 2023

trillion in 2021. Currently, there is no clear definition of what constitutes a “green” investment, which has led to a proliferation of green bonds that are not truly environmentally friendly.” ChinaSIF estimates that the size of China’s ESG market in 2022 was RMB 24.6 trillion (US$3.57 trillion) growing from RMB 18.4

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 3, 2023

The year started optimistically, fresh off the bold and ambitious agreement in November 2021 that established the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ). banks accounted for nine of the 12 largest financiers to the fossil industry in 2021, according to Banking on Climate Chaos , a report published in 2022 by BankTrack.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 18, 2023

Not only does it echo an Australian ruling from 2021 which ruled that governments have a duty of care to protect young people from the impacts of climate change. The act also kickstarted an era of green investment competition.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 2, 2025

companies rose sharply between 2021 and 2024, although overall support was 27% in 2024, down from 37% in 2021. But these dropped precipitously starting in 2022, when central banks ramped up interest rates, the Ukraine war drove up energy prices, and Europe established more stringent anti-greenwash fund-disclosure rules.

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