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In its report , published last week, the PSF proposed changes to ease the compliance burden of the EUs taxonomy reporting rules and enhance their coherency with other pieces of sustainability regulation. The taxonomy, which came into effect in 2022, outlines economic activities that can be considered as sustainable across EU member states.
The EU Green Taxonomy is one of the cornerstones of the EU Action Plan on financing sustainable growth and is also the foundation of many other pieces of legislation currently being implemented.
Levick also noted that the taxonomy could be employed via initiatives such as a net zero test, which the UK might apply to all its public investment decisions, utilising the taxonomy to evaluate whether investments align with the its definition of ‘green’.
The amount of these pension funds’ actual investments labelled as “sustainable” rose to $276 billion in 2021, up from just $163 billion a year earlier. The dashboard shows that sustainableinvestments composed nearly 13% of the pension funds’ total assets of $2.2 trillion, versus just 7% of $2.1
As the COP28 meeting begins and the world looks to the financial sector to step up on the climate crisis, the global sustainableinvestment industry is finally coming to grips with allegations of greenwashing that have plagued it for years. Under the new definitions in 2022, those assets are 14% lower at US$30.3
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It had previously been possible to launch an EU environmental opportunities fund, claiming Article 8 classification under the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) , while allocating as little as 10% of assets to demonstrably greeninvestments.
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The rise of taxonomies of sustainable activities reflects a recognition from policymakers that global financial markets depend on a shared classification system if they are to identify ‘green’ investment opportunities. It is the lack of clear definitions that is slowing progress [in agreeing taxonomies].”.
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