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Government advisory group urges Canada to develop sustainable finance taxonomy

Gideon Scanlon — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 17:00:47 +0000

A new report is calling on Canada to develop a sustainable finance taxonomy in order for it to reach its carbon emissions targets. “Many countries have developed, or are in the process of developing, taxonomies as a foundational tool within a broader policy framework to help mobilize and accelerate the deployment of capital to combat […]

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Using green bonds to bridge sustainable development goal funding gap

mschmit — Thu, 07 Mar 2019 03:26:58 +0000

While 17 per cent of current investments by large public corporations are green, fewer than five per cent of corporate green investments in 2017 were financed by certified green bonds, which have the potential to play a bigger role, according to a report by Corporate Knights and the Climate Bonds Initiative. The report, which covered […]

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