JONES DAY TALKS®: European Central Bank’s Climate Center & Investment Plans Focus on Sustainability (Encore Presentation)
JONES DAY TALKS®: European Central Bank’s Climate Center & Investment Plans Focus on Sustainability
Podcast: European Green Finance and Sustainability Proposals – Impact for Asset Managers
In 2018, the European Commission set forth a classification system to determine whether businesses are environmentally sustainable. The EU Taxonomy followed the legalistic style of the French Civil Code and flummoxed...more
In parallel to the proposed “Omnibus”, which will likely revise the 2020 Taxonomy Regulation, the EU Platform on Sustainable Finance just issued a 397-page report recommending revisions to the technical screening criteria of...more
The Platform on Sustainable Finance, an advisory body to the European Commission (EC) established under Article 20 of the Taxonomy Regulation, has published its response to the EC's Taxonomy Delegated Act consultation. The...more
On the 26 March 2025, the EU Platform on Sustainable Finance (“Platform”) responded to the European Commission’s call for evidence on the draft delegated regulation amending the Taxonomy Delegated Acts (the “Taxonomy”)....more
A Commission Notice was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on the interpretation and implementation of certain legal provisions of the EU Taxonomy Environmental Delegated Act, the EU Taxonomy Climate...more
On February 26, 2025, the EU Commission presented the first part of the Omnibus Simplification Package announced in January 2025. This formal legislative initiative aims to simplify and harmonise existing EU regulations...more
The European Commission (EC) has published a call for evidence on a draft Commission Delegated Regulation amending Commission Delegated Regulation 2021/2178 in relation to the simplification of the content and presentation of...more
The European Commission (EC) has published two omnibus proposals on sustainability and EU investments, designed to address overlapping, unnecessary or disproportionate rules that are creating unnecessary burdens for EU...more
On 29 January 2025, the European Commission published a communication on its Competitiveness Compass for the EU (COM(2025) 30). The Competitiveness Compass outlines the European Commission’s proposed initiatives for the next...more
The taxonomy would inform certain mandatory requirements in the jurisdiction, with particular relevance to Brazil’s capital markets and financial sector....more
Taxonomies will play a critical role in channelling investment towards sustainable activities. But while alignment between frameworks is critical , a one-size-fits-all approach can never be effective....more
On 6 April 2022, the European Commission (“Commission”) adopted the consolidated final regulatory technical standards (“RTS”) to the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (2019/2088/EU) (“SFDR”) and the EU Taxonomy...more