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Sean Kidney Appointed to EU High-Level Expert Group for the Capital Mkts Union: Policy Leaders to Develop Sustainable Finance Strategy for European Commission

Climate Bonds CEO Sean Kidney has been appointed a member of the European Commission’s High Level Expert Group on Sustainable Finance, convened to “help develop an overarching and comprehensive EU strategy on sustainable finance to integrate sustainability in EU financial policy”.

Low Carbon Buildings Technical Working Group Reconvenes; New experts on board; TWG to address global advances in sustainable building standards, energy & emissions performance

Technical Working Group to analyse international developments in sustainable building to drive evolution of sector based investor-screening tool.

 

What’s it all about?

Climate Bonds Standards Energy Efficiency Working Group starts work

Energy efficiency is a key investment area for the shift to a low-carbon economy. A Technical Working Group has been convened to develop eligibility criteria for the certification of energy efficiency related bonds under the Climate Bonds Standard.

The first meeting, via teleconference, was held on 20 July 2012.

This Working Group is focusing on the built environment; a separate Working Group will be convened to look at industrial and manufacturing energy efficiency.