Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

trillion of bonds issued by the fossil fuel sector. The OECD report analysed how the climate alignment of finance globally is assessed, the current degree of alignment, and how financial sector and real economy policies and actions influence alignment with Article 2.1c trillion, compared with US$1.7

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Chris Hall

MAY 11, 2022

Mandatory EU Green Bond Standard risks slowing issuance, but voluntary approach can still drive Taxonomy-aligned volumes. On the face of it, the market for green bonds is heading in the right direction, and fast.

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Chris Hall

MAY 31, 2024

But measures to support the goals of the Paris Agreement must now sit alongside those needed to realise the objectives of the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF). In anticipation of the NCQG, the OECD released an analysis recommending use of public sector interventions to directly or indirectly finance climate action.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

SLB-washing – Sustainability-linked bonds took an unexpected leap toward inclusion in the common lexicon this week when they were fingered by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism as the latest example of greenwashing.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 7, 2024

The forthcoming third round of nationally determined contributions to the Paris Agreement should not just be 1.5°C-aligned, Golden green – Australia took another step along its belated path to net zero under the Albanese government with the issuance of A$7 billion (US$4.7 billion) in green sovereign debt.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 30, 2024

About half of investors also mentioned climate solutions and some sort of investments in green bonds and assets, or transition assets. Of the other 11 investors, however, only two have board-level governance of their climate strategy and plans. “We

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Chris Hall

JULY 5, 2023

A person close to the Australian Treasury understands that the ‘Finance Agenda’ consultation is likely to include disclosures, taxonomy, transition planning and greenwashing, including financial product labelling. Parker from RIAA welcomes the potential for a product labelling system in Australia.

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