New Report on Taxonomy Recommends Additional Classification Criteria

In parallel to the proposed “Omnibus”, which will likely revise the 2020 Taxonomy Regulation, the EU Platform on Sustainable Finance just issued a 397-page report recommending revisions to the technical screening criteria of the economic activities …

Omnibus Simplification Package EU Taxonomy Consultation - IOGP

EU Platform on Sustainable Finance response to Taxonomy Delegated Act consultation

The Platform on Sustainable Finance, an advisory body to the European Commission (EC) established under Article 20 of the Taxonomy Regulation, has published its response to the EC's Taxonomy Delegated Act consultation. The Platform is broadly …

Ask a Master Gardener: Carl Linnaeus, father of taxonomy

A STATE OF a youthful Carl Linnaeus by American sculptor Robert Berks graces the Heritage Garden in the Chicago Botanic Garden. photo / Bronislaw Drozka April 3, 2025 By Andrea Knepper Rudbeckia hirta. Solanum lycopersicum. Acer saccharum. Have you …

China’s green bond issuance sends a pointed signal

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Where Behaviorism Meets Bloom: Modern Classroom Learning

Over the years, I have often heard faculty describe their role as creating an engaging learning environment, effectively delivering content, and instilling in students a “love of learning.” This perspective suggests that faculty often expect students to …

Cruellest and kindest: April has both aplenty

“April is the cruellest month,” said Nobel Laureate poet Thomas Stearns Eliot in his 1922 masterpiece, The Waste Land. Many of us past a certain age had to decipher the long and complicated poem in high school English class, and although that endeavor …

Financing Hurdles for EU Defence Companies Amid ESG Push

Defence is not necessarily defined as an ESG-compliant activity, which creates a policy paradox for banks (Photo: Eurosatory)     2014 was a decisive year for defence expenditure in Europe. Triggered by the Russian annexation of Crimea, that year, NATO …

Book Review: ‘A Dharmic Social History of India’

Title: A Dharmic Social History of India (Part I) , Author: Aravindan Neelakandan, Publisher: BluOne Ink , Pp 764, Rs 999.00 What does Bharat stand for? What is the most important insight of Bharatiya civilisation that pulsates through every aspect of its …

Regulation Round Up - March 2025

Welcome to the Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation. Key developments in March 2025: 31 March Securitisation: The Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities (“ …