The EU Taxonomy for sustainable activities was created with the goal of becoming a crosssectional law for all current … and future EU regulations on sustainable finance. The initial proposal for an EU Taxonomy was in 2018, and the final … regulation, containing its basic principles and foundations, was released in June 2020. In this article I describe the main …

. After an introduction on how the concept of sustainability entered the domain of European policy, the definition of …

comparison, including the lack of usage of relevant and measurable sustainability performance indicators, a lack of granularity … and lack of verification of achieved sustainability benefits. On this basis, the paper proposes key principles for the … key policy messages of the analysis are: (i) Endeavor that taxonomies correspond to specific sustainability objectives …

The EU Taxonomy is the first standardised and comprehensive classification system for sustainable economic activities … transition sectors much depends on the stringency of the technical performance thresholds that the Taxonomy applies to economic … responses to the specific thresholds from a variety of stakeholders. Two distinct use cases of the Taxonomy complicate the use …

bond issuers relative to other firms, but no difference for green loan and sustainability-linked loan borrowers. Green bond …, green loan, and sustainability-linked loan borrowers lower their emission intensity over time at a faster rate than other …

types of sustainability-related risks, the most obvious example being climate-related risks to the viability and … micro-prudential regulation as a driver towards more sustainable lending – as well as potential repercussions on the …