The proposed traffic light-based taxonomy is accompanied by a user guide for financial institutions and companies to apply the taxonomy.
May 13, 2022The ABS has launched an industry standard template to help banks engage corporate clients in the assessment and mitigation of environmental risk issues.
April 21, 2022Mark Uhrynuk and Alexander Burdulia discuss taxonomies that have been developed, how asset managers are already applying them, and the associated challenges.
February 8, 2022GFIT also announced a framework for green trade finance and published a roadmap to scale green finance in the real estate, infrastructure, fund management and transition sectors.
May 20, 2021The Japanese Bankers Association says the taxonomy should support not only 'pure green' activities and technologies, but also efforts to 'become green/greener'.
March 14, 2021Banks need to adopt training and change management programmes to ensure employees embrace ESG risk management as a requirement and discipline.
March 10, 2021The taxonomy draws on the theoretical underpinnings of the EU taxonomy and proposes a traffic-light system which sets out how activities are classified.
January 29, 2021