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COP27 is now over. But its impact on sustainable finance will be lasting. Benjamin Howard-Cooper, Head of Sustainable Finance at Briink, looks back at the progress that has been made, and discusses some of the challenges that still lie ahead.

Many private equity investors experience difficulties with the new SFDR reporting requirements and struggle to meet LP demand for ESG-focused funds. We have summarized the five main challenges they face, and give out some hints as to how they can mitigate them.

ESG data availability is one of the main challenges investors face against the reporting requirements under the SFDR and the EU Taxonomy. However, the European Commission has set rigid rules around the usage of proxy data for EU mandatory sustainable finance disclosures. What should investors be aware of?

Understanding and achieving compliance with Minimum Safeguards is one of the challenges fund managers face while fulfilling their requirements under the EU Taxonomy and the SFDR. In this article, we shed light on the recommendations released in the Final Report on Minimum Safeguards by the Platform on Sustainable Finance, and on their implications for investors.

Natural Language Processing is everywhere. But its potential to drive better and more impactful investment decisions is still untapped.

Checking your alignment against the EU Taxonomy can be the first step to embed sustainability considerations into your business strategy. But alignment assessments can be complex, time-consuming and cost-intensive. Here's everything that you need to know before getting started with them!

The recent inclusion of gas and nuclear into the EU Taxonomy has sparked an intense public debate. But what is the EU Commission's rationale behind this choice, and how can this be expected to affect the public opinion of the EU Taxonomy as EU's flagship sustainable finance regulations?

Feeling overwhelmed about assessing your company's activities for EU Taxonomy eligibility? You are not alone. We have asked five industry-leading EU Taxonomy experts about the main challenges and emerging best practices in EU Taxonomy eligibility reporting.

The relationship between SFDR-labelled funds and the EU Taxonomy is still subject to misunderstanding. This article will shed some light on this topic.