JONES DAY TALKS®: Riding the Green Bond Wave: Focus is on Standards as Volumes Surge
Podcast: European Green Finance and Sustainability Proposals – Impact for Asset Managers
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a final report on the technical standards on the external reviewer regime under the European Green Bonds Regulation (EuGB). The regime requires external...more
US formally submits notification of withdrawal from Paris Agreement. On January 27, 2025, Dorothy Camille Shea, the US acting ambassador to the United Nations, submitted a notification of withdrawal from the Paris Agreement...more
Christmas is coming early to the ESG bond market as the new EU Green Bond Standard applies from 21 December 2024. The new standard is conceptually similar to existing ICMA use of proceeds standards but quite different in...more
The EU published a new Sustainable finance package 2023 on June 13, 2023. The package includes - - A Proposed Regulation on the transparency and integrity of ESG rating activities, which aims to enhance the quality of ESG...more
On 13 June 2023, the European Commission published a proposal for a regulation on the transparency and integrity of ESG rating activities, following concerns about the reliability, comparability and transparency of ESG...more
The Financial Stability Board published its final report on the lessons learnt from the COVID-19 pandemic from a financial stability perspective. The Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) published a report on climate change...more
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors continue to play an increasingly significant role across the capital markets and have an impact on a range of financial instruments and products. We have previously written...more
BREXIT/UK DEVELOPMENTS - ESG and Sustainable Investments: House of Lords EU Committee Queries Taxonomy Regulation With HMT - On January 16, the House of Lords European Union Committee published a letter from the...more