The European Council has adopted a regulation creating a European green bond standard, it said in a statement on 24 October. The regulation lays down uniform requirements for issuers of bonds that wish to use the designation ‘European green bond' or ‘EuGB' for their environmentally sustainable bonds. Environmentally sustainable bonds are one of the main instruments for financing investments related to green technologies, energy efficiency and resource efficiency as well as sustainable transport infrastructure and research infrastructure. European green bonds will be aligned with the E...
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