EU’s Green Bonds Set to Preempt Rules That Will Govern Them (1)

摘要

The European Union’s rush to finance its recovery from the pandemic means its first-ever greenbonds may come before the standards meant to regulate them.Until the bloc applies its so-calledtaxonomy for about 225 billion euros ($266 billion) worth of greendebt and projects, the EU expects to use guidelines from the International Capital MarketsAssociation and a second party when sales begin next year, said a senior European Commissionofficial, who asked not to be identified because the information isn’t public. Those existing rules areless stringent than the EU’s draft standards.