Chris Hall

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The IEEFA’s Christina Ng says China’s state-owned enterprises continue to allocate up to half of their green bond proceeds to non-green projects. . China’s ambition to green its financial market has been making significant progress. SOEs accounted for about half the onshore green issuances from 2019 to 2022.

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Chris Hall

MAY 17, 2024

European regulators have ratcheted up efforts to eliminate greenwashing from the investment sector. End of an era I – The fight against greenwashing inched ahead with the release of final guidelines for naming ESG- or sustainability-related funds by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA).

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We Mean Business Coalition

AUGUST 23, 2023

The EU Green Taxonomy was designed to accelerate the flow of money into green companies and projects, while simultaneously protecting investors from greenwashing accusations. The EU Green Taxonomy is also instrumental for the upcoming EU Green Bonds Standard.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 29, 2023

Currently, there is no clear definition of what constitutes a “green” investment, which has led to a proliferation of green bonds that are not truly environmentally friendly.” ChinaSIF estimates that the size of China’s ESG market in 2022 was RMB 24.6 trillion (US$3.57 trillion) growing from RMB 18.4

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