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
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 Situation: On October 5, 2023, the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union adopted the European Green Bond Regulation ("EuGB Regulation"), establishing a voluntary harmonized standard open to both EU and...more
The European Green Bond Standard seeks to be the “gold standard” for green bonds and reinforce the EU’s position as the leading market for sustainable finance. With the adoption of the EU green bond standard (the EU GBS),...more
The EU regulators are reviewing the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation introduced in 2021, exploring the need for potential additional adjustments. On 14 September 2023, the European Commission initiated a...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
On 12 October 2021, the European Commission (EC) issued its first-ever NextGenerationEU green bond, raising a total of €12 billion that will be used exclusively to fund green and sustainable investments across the EU. More...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
Die EU-Kommission hat ihre aktuelle Strategie zur Finanzierung des Übergangs in eine nachhaltige Wirtschaft vorgestellt. Finanzmarktteilnehmer müssen mit einer Ausweitung und Verschärfung der bereits erlassenen bzw. in Arbeit...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
Tim Sheddick, partner at Shearman & Sterling, highlights the following key themes he believes will dominate the infrastructure sector in 2020....more