Full Description
This comprehensive book examines the EU's core legislation in sustainable finance since the inception of the Sustainable Finance Action Plan in 2018, covering the provisions of the Climate Benchmarks Regulation, the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation, the Taxonomy Regulation, the Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1253 introducing sustainability factors, risks, and preferences in the MiFID II regime, and the European Green Bond Standard. Contributors from academia, legal practice and public authorities analyse the developments and challenges in the implementation of these legal acts.
Key Features:
Combines rigorous legal analysis with practical examples
Discusses current developments and challenges in implementation
Provides a concise article-by-article commentary on the EU's core sustainable finance legislation
Identifies interactions between the provisions of different sustainable finance legal acts within the EU
EU Sustainable Finance Law is a crucial resource for in-house legal practitioners and compliance officers at financial institutions, as well as supervisory and regulatory authorities in the EU. It is also beneficial for all scholars and practitioners of European finance and banking law and sustainable finance.
Contents
Contents
PART 1 INTRODUCTION
PART 2 BENCHMARK REGULATION (REGULATION (EU)
2016/1011, AS AMENDED BY REGULATION (EU) 2019/2089)
CHAPTER 3A EU CLIMATE TRANSITION BENCHMARKS AND EU PARIS-ALIGNED
BENCHMARKS
PART 3 SFDR (REGULATION (EU) 2019/2088)
PART 4 TAXONOMY REGULATION (REGULATION (EU) 2020/852)
CHAPTER 1 SUBJECT MATTER, SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS
CHAPTER 2 ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
CHAPTER 3 FINAL PROVISIONS
PART 5 MIFID II SUSTAINABILITY PREFERENCES (COMMISSION
DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2017/565, AS AMENDED
BY COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2021/1253)
PART 6 EUGBR (REGULATION (EU) 2023/2631)
TITLE 1 SUBJECT MATTER AND DEFINITIONS
TITLE 2 CONDITIONS FOR THE USE OF THE DESIGNATION 'EUROPEAN
GREEN BOND' OR 'EUGB'
Chapter 1 Bond-related requirements
Chapter 2 Transparency and external review requirements
Chapter 3 Conditions for the use of the designation 'European Green Bond'
TITLE 3 OPTIONAL DISCLOSURE TEMPLATES FOR BONDS MARKETED AS
ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE AND SUSTAINABILITY-LINKED
BONDS
TITLE 4 EXTERNAL REVIEWERS FOR EUROPEAN GREEN BONDS
Chapter 1 Conditions for external review of European Green Bonds
Chapter 2 Organisational requirements, processes and documents
concerning governance
Chapter 3 Reviews
Chapter 4 Provision of services by third-country external reviewers
TITLE 5 SUPERVISION BY COMPETENT AUTHORITIES AND ESMA
Chapter 1 Competent authoritiesChapter 2 ESMA
TITLE 6 DELEGATED ACTS
TITLE 7 FINAL PROVISIONS
