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EU Green Taxonomy Data – A First Vendor Survey

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  • Hoepner Andreas G. F.

    (Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School and UCD Lochlann Quinn School of Business, University College Dublin, Carysfort Avenue, Blackrock, Co., Dublin, Ireland)

  • Schneider Fabiola I.

    (Dublin City University Business School, Collins Avenue, Whitehall, Co. Dublin, Dublin 9, Ireland)

Abstract

This paper aims to explain key concepts of the EU Taxonomy for Sustainable Activities, a common classification system established to clarify which investments are environmentally sustainable. Additionally, it provides insight on the compliance of corporate activities with the EU Taxonomy’s criteria based on a first survey on market data.

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  • Hoepner Andreas G. F. & Schneider Fabiola I., 2022. "EU Green Taxonomy Data – A First Vendor Survey," The Economists' Voice, De Gruyter, vol. 19(2), pages 229-242, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:evoice:v:19:y:2022:i:2:p:221-234:n:6
    DOI: 10.1515/ev-2022-0022
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    Keywords

    EU green taxonomy; responsible investment; ESG; European commission platform on sustainable finance;
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    JEL classification:

    • G18 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Government Policy and Regulation
    • Q56 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth
    • D53 - Microeconomics - - General Equilibrium and Disequilibrium - - - Financial Markets
    • G32 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill
    • O52 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Europe

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