Greening the bond markets: MEPs approve new standard to fight greenwashing

This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. First standard in the world to define green bonds  Issuers complying with the standard also commit to green transition plans  Rules also regulate external reviewers of European green bonds  MEPs on Thursday adopted a new voluntary standard for the use of a “European Green […]

Legislators strike deal on a new standard to fight greenwashing in the bond markets

This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. EU negotiators on Tuesday struck a deal creating the first best in class standard for the issuing of green bonds. The “European Green Bonds Standard” (EUGBS), which companies issuing a bond can choose to comply with, will primarily enable investors to orient their investments […]

Draghi strives to control the unruly exploitation of financial markets by banking leviathans

During the past few weeks, financial markets sharks have been sending stock and bond prices and money parities wildly up and down, while busy securing for themselves hefty short term gains. Obviously, this is to the detriment of the real economy, where values are produced by technology and sweat. In Europe and, partly, in the […]
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