Module 3. Policy action menu and best practices

This module explores six policy areas where governments can take action to facilitate sustainable finance: 

1. Formulating a national strategy for sustainable finance
2. Developing a national taxonomy
3. Implementing financial sector regulations
4. Enhancing sustainability disclosures,
5. Establishing incentive structures
6. Organizing the national implementation of the sustainable finance strategy

For each policy area, suggested policy actions are proposed in a table (see Chapter IV) that could serve as a checklist for policymakers and regulators to enhance the policymaking process for facilitation of sustainable finance. Many of these actions are accompanied by policy considerations and examples of good practice from different countries. Each section of this chapter presents key recommendations and examples which can serve as benchmarks.
 

A. National sustainable finance strategy

Guiding principles and recommendations

A comprehensive national strategy for sustainable finance, driven by the highest level of the government, is essential for developing a national vision for sustainability and laying the groundwork for transforming a country’s financial system toward sustainability. The development of such a strategy begins with a comprehensive risk assessment and analysis of sustainability-related challenges and opportunities, in line with the national development strategy of the economy. Through this strategic approach, policymakers can effectively identify and quantify both immediate and long-term financing requirements necessary to achieve their climate and sustainability goals.

The success of this strategy depends on robust stakeholder engagement and open consultation processes, ensuring consensus and onboard support across the sustainable investment value chain. It is important to align the strategy with the context of a country’s broader development agenda, in which it particularly assesses critical investment gaps. With this, the strategy can be used to inform estimates on resource required to achieve the nation’s targets.

Assess sustainability-related challenges and opportunities

The development of a national sustainable finance strategy should begin with an analysis of a comprehensive assessment of sustainability-related challenges and risks in environmental, climate, and social areas. The priority is to identify exposures to sustainability-related risks and clarify their potential impact on the public and private sectors, defining how these risks are a source of both economic and financial risks in the country and are material to the national economy.  

In the area of climate change, national commitments made under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), such as Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and National Adaptation Plans (NAPs), can serve as an initial base for the development of a national strategy for sustainable finance. The development of NDCs and NAPs has typically included relevant assessments of the key climate challenges and financing needs, and has set targets, objectives, priorities, and action roadmaps or project pipelines for countries to achieve. An evaluation of financing gaps that need to be filled to achieve national climate goals, such as those outlined in NDCs, can be included.  All of these can help inform the financing for climate change action and the development of sustainable finance instruments to support priority areas. 

Aligning sustainable finance strategies with these frameworks is a good practice to create a more coordinated and effective approach to addressing climate change. Many countries have developed national climate risk measurement, reporting, and verification systems to evaluate their exposure to climate challenges and guide policymaking.

Define key elements of the strategy

Once challenges and opportunities for sustainable investment have been identified, the next step is to establish clear priorities and strategic goals. These goals should address both immediate needs and long-term ambitions, ensuring alignment between financial mechanisms, climate resilience, and economic development. The strategy should aim to:

1. Fill critical investment gaps by mobilizing from both public and private sectors 
2. Adapt the eight principles for sustainable finance policymaking (Chapter II) to national needs, ensuring actionable steps are integrated with existing frameworks 
3. Be supported by development indicators aligned with national gals and the roadmap for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 

The priorities of the sustainable finance strategy are: 

• Articulating a vision and timeline: Develop a living document that evolves with social, economic, and environmental conditions. Countries should implement their strategies in phases, ensuring science-based targets that align with the Paris Agreement. 
• Identifying key areas of action: Strategies should balance social and climate objectives, particularly for developing economies. This may include addressing social inclusion, education, healthcare, SME development, and environmental risks. 
• Clarifying stakeholder responsibilities in the sustainable investment value chain:  Define the responsibilities of regulators, banks, asset and wealth managers, corporations, and others in integrating sustainability into financial systems. Corporate sector compliance is essential for successful implementation and ensuring alignment with economic impacts.
• Establishing implementation structures: Ensure that central banks, finance ministries, and regulators lead the strategy, using appropriate policy tools to drive sustainable investment and business practices. 
• Encouraging international cooperation in standard setting: Align the national strategy, where appropriate, with international standard and best practices to enhance the credibility and effectiveness. This includes selective adoption of established frameworks, such as the task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), which has been implemented by the EU, Japan, and the UK. 

Create an action plan 

The creation of an action plan is essential to the implementation of a national strategy. The action plan should begin with clear, prioritized objectives, and each supported by specific key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics to measure the progress. Assigning roles and responsibilities ensures accountability across relevant agencies and stakeholders, with resources allocated to support each phase.  

The plan should include a timeline with checkpoints to evaluate progress and adjust as needed. Regular stakeholder engagement, a communication strategy, and transparent reporting keep all parties informed and aligned. Risk assessments and mitigation strategies help address potential challenges, while capacity-building initiatives equip teams for successful implementation. Monitoring and feedback mechanisms allow for continuous improvement, ensuring that the action play stays adaptable and impactful over time. 
 

> Country case studies – Comparative analysis of strategies 

This section provides case studies of selected countries to illustrate practical applications of sustainable finance strategies. The chosen examples showcase two key approaches in developing sustainable finance frameworks: the assessment of sustainability risks and opportunities, as in South Africa and the United Kingdom (UK), and the development of national strategies and guidelines, followed by Brazil, China, and the European Union among others. 

The selected cases represent various stages in the development of sustainable finance frameworks across diverse economies. These include established systems, such as the UK's Climate Change Act, as well as emerging frameworks in countries Nigeria, offering a comparative perspective on different implementation approaches. The geographical diversity highlights how regions adapt international standards to local contexts, with each country prioritizing sectors critical to its economic needs.

 

1. Assessment of sustainability risks and opportunities 

South Africa: National Climate Risk & Vulnerability (CRV) Assessment Framework 

South Africa’s climate finance strategy seeks to quantify the financing requirements and prioritize areas that require climate finance. This complements the significant research already conducted on sectors and activities that need mitigation and adaptation actions, such as the Technology Needs Assessment, Long Term Adaptation Scenarios, Long Term Mitigation Scenarios, GHG Inventory, Mitigation Potential Analysis, and Climate Change Mitigation Technology Implementation Plan. 

To provide an overarching approach and guidance for undertaking risk and vulnerability assessments, South Africa government has published a National Climate Risk & Vulnerability (CRV) Assessment Framework.  The framework includes climate change scenarios that are used to assess potential impacts of climate change on various sectors, including water, agriculture, biodiversity, health, and infrastructure, and identifies vulnerability indicators that are used to assess the sensitivity, exposure, and adaptive capacity of different sectors to climate change. The framework also provides guidance on how to develop risk and vulnerability maps and outlines the reporting and dissemination process for the vulnerability assessment.

UK Climate Change Risk Assessment

The UK Government is required, under the 2008 Climate Change Act, to publish a Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA) every five years. In 2022, the third CCRA Report was published, showing evidence of the pace of warming and the potential impacts the UK faces.  

The report assesses risks across multiple sectors, including impacts on health, productivity, and alternative energy supply, and prioritises the following eight risk areas for actions:

•    Risks to the viability and diversity of terrestrial and freshwater habitats and species from multiple hazards
•    Risks to soil health from increased flooding and drought
•    Risks to natural carbon stores and sequestration from multiple hazards
•    Risks to crops, livestock, and commercial trees from multiple climate hazards
•    Risks to supply of food, goods, and vital services due to climate-related collapse of supply chains and distribution networks
•    Risks to people and the economy from climate-related failure of the power system
•    Risks to human health, wellbeing, and productivity from increased exposure to heat in homes and other buildings
•    Multiple risks to the UK from climate change impacts overseas

The economic magnitude of each risk has been assessed for both a 2°C and a 4°C global warming scenario, in terms of the cost of damages (economic) or lost opportunities, and policy actions were recommended for climate change mitigation and adaptation, biodiversity preservation, and sustainable energy.

2. National strategies and guidelines

Brazil: Sustainability Agenda of the Central Bank 

In 2020, Brazil’s central bank, Banco Central Do Brasil (BCB), launched a “Sustainability Agenda” as part of its broader Agenda BC# initiative.  The agenda aims to embed the green and climate issues into the policies and decisions on currency reserves management, bank stress tests, and lending criteria.  The actions facilitated by the agenda “include social and environmental responsibility measures geared towards both the financial system and the Central Bank.”  The pillars of the agenda include “responsibility initiatives, partnerships, policies, supervision, and regulation” to promote sustainable economy.

The agenda incorporates the climate variables in the BCB Mission and risk evaluation. It recognizes the climate related “physical risks” and “transition risks” as part of the factors impacting financial stability. One of the important pillars of the policy is “integrated risk management.” For supervision, the BCB requires climate risk assessment by financial institutions, promote risk disclosure and data automation, and include climate risk scenarios in stress tests performed by BCB, in line with international recommendations and best practices.

In terms of policies, the BCB has created “Green Liquidity Facility” for feasibility study, analysis, and subsequent implementation of new facilities for financial institutions, whose collaterals can be private credit operations or private securities. The bank also includes sustainability criteria for the selection of counterparties in the management of international reserves and for investment decisions.

The agenda also aims to enhance Resolution No. 4.327/2014 to include the concept of climate, social and environmental risk, stress tests, and risk statements. It also promotes alignment with international standards such as recommendations of the TCFD, which are now incorporated by the ISSB.  

As part of the agenda, the BCB also created a sustainable Rural Credit Bureau in 2021 to classify green operations, improve compliance with current legal standards in rural credit operations, and include cross-referenced databases using geo-referenced data to foster the issuance of green bonds and adherence to sustainability requirements.

In 2022, several key resolutions  came into force, including: 

•    CMN Resolution 4.943: Incorporates social, environmental, and climate risks into financial institutions' risk management structures
•    CMN Resolution 4.944: Improves rules for simplified ESG risk management for certain institutions
•    CMN Resolution 4.945: Establishes new rules on Social, Environmental and Climate Risk Policy
•    BCB Resolution 139: Requires annual release of a Social, Environmental and Climate Risks and Opportunities Report by banks and major financial institutions
•    BCB Resolution 140: Determines restrictions on rural credit access based on social, environmental, and climate issues

The BCB has joined the Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) and signed a memorandum of understanding with CBI to improve monitoring of ESG risks and factors. 

China: National strategy for sustainable finance

In 2016, the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) and six other government agencies including the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), issued the Guidelines for Establishing a Green Financial System.  The Guidelines support the Chinese government’s efforts to develop an ecological civilization. They promote sustainable development, establish a green financial system, and improve the function of the capital market in allocating resources and serving the real economy.

The Guidelines recommend actions to expand green lending, enhance the securities market’s role in green investment, develop green insurance, improve the carbon trading market, develop related financing instruments, and promote international cooperation.

Key measures include:

•    improving the rules and regulations for green bonds, 
•    reducing the financing costs of green bonds, 
•    formulating standards for third-party verification of green bonds and green credit ratings, 
•    supporting the development of green bond indexes, green equity indexes, and related products,
•    and encouraging institutional investors such as pension and insurance funds to make green investments.

Along with the Guidelines, the 14th Five-Year Plan and the 2021 “Working Guidance for Carbon Dioxide Peaking and Carbon Neutrality in Full and Faithful Implementation of the New Development Philosophy” , contribute to China’s sustainable finance strategy. The Working Guidance highlighted the importance of green finance in achieving carbon neutrality, stating: The Working Guidance forms the basis of China’s policy framework for reaching its two key carbon reduction targets, reaching peak carbon emissions by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060. 

EU: Strategy and action plan for sustainable finance

The European Green Deal commits the EU to becoming the first climate-neutral continent by 2050 and reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 55 percent by 2030 compared to 1990 levels. The EU also aims to enhance climate resilience, reverse biodiversity loss, and support a just transition, with the sustainable finance framework central to these goals and to a green recovery from COVID-19. The EU Sustainable Finance Framework will play a key role in achieving these goals and supporting a sustainable recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

In 2018, the EU Commission adopted its first action plan on financing sustainable growth, thereby establishing three key components: 

1. A classification system, or ‘taxonomy’, of sustainable activities, allowing non-financial and financial companies to share a common definition of sustainability, thereby protecting against greenwashing.
2. A mandatory disclosure regime for both non-financial and financial companies, providing investors with information to make informed sustainable investment decisions.
3. A set of investment tools, including benchmarks, standards and labels, including the EU Climate Transition Benchmarks, the EU Paris-aligned Benchmarks, the European Green Bonds standards (in development) , and the EU Ecolabel to financial products (in development).

Building on the progress made in implementing the 2018 action plan and taking into account the changing global context, the EU Commission launched a sustainable finance strategy in 2021, setting out actions in four areas to:

1. Develop a broader framework and support the financing of intermediate steps towards sustainability, including supporting the financing of certain economic activities, mainly in the energy sector, that help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, extending the EU Taxonomy to additional sectors, and considering a framework for labelling financial instruments.
2. Increase inclusiveness in sustainable finance by supporting green loans and mortgages, identifying insurance gaps, and publishing a social taxonomy.
3. Enhance economic and financial resilience to sustainability risks through improving financial reporting standards, integrating ESG risks in credit ratings, ensuring the integration of sustainability risks in risk management systems of banks and insurers, and strengthening long-term financial stability with coordinated risk assessments and stress tests. 
4. Increase the financial sector’s contribution to sustainability by improving sustainability disclosures, reviewing the fiduciary duties of pension funds and investors to reflect sustainability impacts as part of investment decision making processes, and improving the ESG rating reliability and comparability. 

Singapore: National strategy for sustainable finance

In 2019, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) – the city-state’s central bank and financial regulatory authority – announced the development of a new and comprehensive long-term strategy to make sustainable finance a defining feature of Singapore's role as an international financial center. 

In 2021, the Government of Singapore launched the Singapore Green Plan 2030 (“Green Plan”)  to advance the national agenda on sustainable development. The Green Plan sets out concrete targets for the next ten years, strengthens Singapore’s commitments under the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda and the Paris Agreement, and positions the country to achieve the long-term net zero emission aspiration. According to the Green Plan, green finance will act as a “driver for sustainable development”, and the Green Finance Action Plan is an integral part of achieving the Green Plan. 

In 2023, MAS launched its new Finance for Net Zero (FiNZ) Action Plan which expands on the scope of the original plan and now includes the areas of transition finance, investment, lending, insurance, and related services. The aim is to progressively decarbonize areas such as power generation, buildings, and transportation.

The four main strategies of the FiNZ Action Plan  are: 

• Data, Definitions and Disclosure: Promote reliable climate data and disclosures to guide market decisions and reduce greenwashing, including a code of conduct for ESG data providers and public consultation. MAS will work to harmonize taxonomies across jurisdictions and establish ISSB-aligned disclosure requirements with the Singapore Exchange. 
• Climate Resilient Financial Sector: MAS will engage financial institutions to strengthen environmental risk management, deepen scenario analysis, and incorporate international best practices for transition planning. 
• Credible Transition Plans: MAS will partner with international organizations to develop sectoral decarbonization pathways, enabling FIs to set science-based targets and support client decarbonization. 
• Green and Transition Solutions and Markets: MAS will expand sustainable bond and loan grants to cover transition financing, extent the ILS Grant Scheme for climate risk instruments, and scale blended finance to mobilize decarbonization efforts and support carbon markets in Singapore.

South Africa: Low-Emission Development Strategy 2050

South Africa is still in the process of formulating a national sustainable finance strategy. However, its Low Emission Development Strategy 2050 outlines the key elements of such a strategy.

An important pillar of the strategy is to create the right financial environment through aligning fiscal strategy with sustainable growth. This strategy should consider following key aspects:

• Reconsider the balance of taxation to align with sustainable growth and prepare for declining fossil fuel revenues. 
• Reduce negative externalities while offering incentives that promote net-zero investments and leverage transition opportunities (such as short-term business creation, long-term skills development, innovation, and research) 
• Encourage capital investment in technologies and implementation choices that support the Paris Agreement-compatible pathways 
• Review fossil fuel subsidies and incentives that contribute to inefficient resource use, supporting a shift to cleaner development
• Support renewable energy adoption to accelerate market uptake without creating competitiveness issues or hindering transition progress
• Implement evolving carbon pricing to discourage fossil fuel emissions and provide market signals that ensure adequate returns for zero-emission investments

According to the Low Emission Development Strategy 2050, South Africa’s climate finance strategy will take a holistic view of climate finance activities and will cover all aspects of climate finance, including: 

• the quantum of climate finance required,
• identifying stakeholders and activities along the climate finance value-chain,
• increasing climate finance flows from different types of finance providers (e.g. bilateral finance, multilateral finance, domestic public finance and private sector finance), 
• monitoring and evaluation,
• and climate finance governance structures. 

The strategy will ensure that climate finance frameworks are compatible with local conditions and ambitions. Furthermore, in order to best contribute to the strategy development process, it should seek to identify financing pathways that are consistent with the technological transformation pathways and economic development pathways required by the transformation to a low-emissions economy.

It is also recommended that the recommendations of the TCFD are mainstreamed into the financial sector to ensure that climate risks are understood and managed, and that financial regulators should actively monitor climate-related risks and exposures within the financial sector.

UAE: Guiding Principles on Sustainable Finance

The UAE is committed to addressing climate change and has demonstrated this through various initiatives such as the UAE Green Agenda 2015-2030, the National Climate Change Plan, and the Dubai Declaration. 

The Guiding Principles on Sustainable Finance  published in 2020 is a cross-sector sustainable finance guideline representing the collaboration and shared views of different authorities. These include the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment, Central Bank of the UAE, Insurance Authority of UAE, Securities and Commodities Authority, Abu Dhabi Global Market, Dubai Financial Services Authority, Dubai Islamic Economy Development Centre, Abu Dhabi Exchange, Dubai Financial Market, and Nasdaq Dubai.

> Summary of steps for developing a national sustainable finance strategy

 

Conduct risk assessment	Analyze sustainability-related challenges and risks in environmental, climate, and social areas
Align with national development goals	Integrate the strategy with broader national development frameworks or SDG roadmaps
Define strategic goals	Set clear, actionable goals that address short-term needs and long-term ambitions, focusing on priority areas
Engage stakeholders	Facilitate open consultations to ensure consensus and to build commitment across the entire value chain of sustainable investment
Develop implementation structures	Assign roles to key institutions, such as central banks and finance ministries, to ensure effective implementation
Encourage international cooperation	Adapting international standards (e.g. ISSB) to local conditions for credibility and effectiveness
Create an action plan	Develop a detailed plan with KPIs, resource allocation, monitoring and reporting mechanisms to guide implementation

B. National taxonomy

Guiding principles and recommendations

A taxonomy is an official classification system that defines whether an economic activity is considered as environmentally or socially sustainable for investment purposes, or whether it meets the environmental or social criteria defined by the taxonomy. Through the collaboration between the financial sector and government bodies responsible for the environmental and climate priorities, a comprehensive taxonomy can be developed. It should align with national objectives while integrating expert knowledge and stakeholder engagement to promote sustainable investment practice.  Taxonomies help bring clarity, credibility, and transparency to the sustainable investment market. 

Taxonomies have become an active policy area in recent years. As of 2024, there are 47 sustainable finance taxonomies implemented or under development of which 31 are national taxonomies.

Taxonomies can operate at both regional and national levels, reflecting different policy priorities and market conditions. Regional frameworks, such as the EU and ASEAN taxonomies, provide cross-border coordination and standardization, while national taxonomies address specific local challenges and priorities. In Latin America and the Caribbean, for example, a guiding framework, the LAC Taxonomy Common Framework,  promotes interoperability between national taxonomies by aligning them with common objectives and methodologies, without establishing a formal regional taxonomy. These approaches demonstrate how taxonomies can be tailored to different contexts while supporting the global goals of sustainable finance.

Define the objectives and scope of a taxonomy 

In structuring a national taxonomy, countries can start by identifying which objectives they aim to accomplish by categorizing economic activities. The objectives and classification depend on the unique circumstances and broader national development goals of the economy.

Countries adopting or developing a taxonomy will need to decide on the scope of economic activities under consideration. Ideally, in its end state, the taxonomy should consider and categorize all economic activities. But to begin with, countries can look at the highest-profile or most critical activities in the most important national sectors that are critical for achieving its national Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in line with the national sustainable finance strategy and national development goals (see the most frequently covered sectors and activities in national taxonomies in table 4). 

There are three approaches for including economic activities in a taxonomy, which can be applied independently or in combination, although the principles and methodologies vary between national taxonomies.  (see country practices below). A principle-based approach focuses on defining core principles without specifying activities or thresholds, while a whitelist approach identifies eligible projects or economic activities within each sector or subsector. A technical screening criteria-based approach, on the other hand, defines quantitative thresholds and screening criteria to assess compliance with specific objectives. Some taxonomies, such as the ASEAN Taxonomy with Plus Standard, adopt a hybrid approach by combining general principles with detailed technical criteria for high-priority sectors.  

Currently, green taxonomies are the most common. Green taxonomies target climate change issues, focusing on activities that can positively contribute to climate change mitigation and adaptation. The EU taxonomy is one example of this, (as discussed in the case studies below). An economy can also consider developing a social taxonomy focusing on the positive contributions of the economic activities to social objectives and socio-economic needs or integrating the social development elements into a national taxonomy, as South Africa and Bangladesh have done (see case studies below). 

While green taxonomies are sometimes considered static, binary, or too ambitious, this can particularly be the case for some natural resource-based economies. In such cases, transition or brown taxonomies can be an option to provide the framework or criteria to identify and reward economic activities in traditionally brown sectors that can contribute to a transition path aligned with the goals of the Paris Agreement. Canada released its first draft of brown taxonomy in 2021. 

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Define the requirements of eligibility 

Economic activities are assessed against the environmental or social objectives set by the taxonomy, depending on the type of taxonomy and the national economic objectives. Once the objectives have been defined, the eligibility or compatibility of the activities with the taxonomy is assessed. Key measures inspired by the EU taxonomy and adopted by others are: 

1. Substantial contribution: whether an economic activity can make substantial contribution to the objectives outlined by the taxonomy.
2. Do No Significant Harm (DNSH): the economic activity that is included in the taxonomy should not do significant harm to another objective.
3. Minimum social safeguards: economic activities should show compliance with minimum standards on human rights, social responsibility, labor practices, and anti-corruption practices. In most taxonomies, the alignment is judged by compliance with the OECD Guidelines on Multinational Enterprises, the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, and the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Rights and Principals at Work.
4. Technical Screening Criteria: these are the specific thresholds and requirements that each economic activity must meet to be considered a significant contribution. 

Apart from the significant contribution activities, the taxonomies increasingly include transitional and enabling activities. These activities might not directly fulfill the objectives of the taxonomy, but they contribute to the overall sustainability agenda. Enabling activities are those that enable the significant contribution activities to contribute to the objectives. Transitional activities are activities for which low-carbon alternatives are not yet available, or they are to date the best practice available in the sector.  The inclusion of such activities in a taxonomy (as in the case of the EU taxonomy) is valuable in incentivizing the investments needed to transform harmful economic activities into beneficial or neutral economic activities. 

While considering the sustainability impact of an economic activity, “double materiality”  has become an important feature in recent taxonomies. The sustainability of a single entity (and its economic activities) needs to be assessed and reported on how sustainability issues (such as climate change) might create financial risks for the activity or the company, as well as the impact its activities have on people and the environment.

To facilitate international interoperability, a taxonomy should ideally use one of the global industry classification systems, such as the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) or International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), as an indication of the industries or sectors of eligible sustainable economic activities under the taxonomy.  

Taxonomy as a useful reporting tool

The effectiveness of a taxonomy increases as it covers more of the economy and encourages more entities to report their compliance. Taxonomies could start with mandatory disclosure with larger companies or with key industry sectors, as mandatory regimes generally have a more significant impact. Where mandating is not feasible, a “comply or explain” approach can still encourage participation. (PRI & World Bank, upcoming). Establishing mechanisms to make disclosure mandatory – such as through legislation or regulation – is essential and requires coordination among regulators, central banks, and government authorities. Meanwhile, financial institutions could be encouraged or required to report on the alignment of their operations and financial products with the taxonomy (see section IV. for more details). Ideally, taxonomy-related reporting needs to be audited externally to ensure its credibility and with financial institutions encouraged to align products and operations.

Monitor and implement

Taxonomies should be designed and considered as living documents, evolving and being updated regularly as scientific and environmental factors change and best practices continue to develop. Regular updates ensure that taxonomies remain relevant and aligned with current SDGs. Monitoring mechanisms should be established to oversee and assess the impact of taxonomy related disclosures, adapting as necessary to reflect emerging challenges and insights. 

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