Don’t Sleep on the G20’s Ambitious Roadmap for Sustainable Finance

The G20 Sustainable Finance Working Group tackled taxonomies, disclosure requirements and capacity building, and outlined a packed agenda on sustainable finance through 2025Upcoming milestones are likely to include broad acceptance for anchoring climate reporting requirements to standards from the IFRS Foundation and the release of the ‘common ground taxonomy’ by year-endThe scale of the challenge will be difficult for every financial institution, but those based in emerging and developing countries will face significant challenges building enough capacity in responsible finance, and can benefit by starting work sooner rather than later

After a two-year absence from the G20, the Sustainable Finance Study Group was upgraded to become the G20 Sustainable Finance Worki...