The discussion was led by ICMA’s Nicholas Pfaff, Managing Director, Head of Sustainable Finance and Secretary to the Green Bond Principles (GBP), and Mushtaq Kapasi, Chief Representative, Asia-Pacific. Nicholas Pfaff is also a member of the EU Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance (TEG).
The briefing covered following items:
- The EU Green Bond Standard and the EU Taxonomy
- The recent TEG publication of the Usability Guide for the EU GBS
- EU GBS’s relationship to the Green Bond Principles
- Potential implications for the international market and regulatory development