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Sustainable finance taxonomies

Asia Pacific, China, Policy, Publications, Sustainable finance taxonomies | 01 December 2025

Greening the Chinese banking system: A policy and regulatory landscape analysis

A new UNEP FI policy brief discusses the evolution of the sustainable finance policy and regulatory landscape in China. It is intended as a short and accessible primer for financial sector stakeholders, policymakers and others with interests in China's green finance policies—highlighting the key sustainability-oriented regulation and instruments that China has deployed over the past two decades.

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News, Policy, Sustainable finance taxonomies | 11 November 2025

New resource provides guiding principles for development of credible, comparable sustainable finance frameworks to help mobilize capital

This article shares an overview of a new global resource, Principles for Taxonomy Interoperability, developed by partners in the Taxonomy Roadmap Initiative, including UNEP FI, to help UN member states and regulators design and implement key policy tools: sustainable finance taxonomies. The seven principles were developed to help ensure that these taxonomies are usable, credible and comparable across borders.

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Policy, Publications, Sustainable finance taxonomies | 06 November 2025

Key principles and methodological approaches for the development of the mitigation co-benefit and Adaptation for Resilience (mARs) Guide

UNEP FI has supported the development of the “Phase 1 White Paper on Key Principles and Methodological Approaches for the development of the mitigation co-benefit and Adaptation for Resilience (mARs) Guide in support of the ASEAN Taxonomy for Sustainable Finance” for the ASEAN Capital Markets Forum (ACMF). It is the first output of the recently announced partnership with ACMF and Sustainable Finance Institute Asia (SFIA) to help the ASEAN region leverage its Sustainable Finance Taxonomy to enhance its usability and functionality for adaptation-specific purposes, with the aim of mobilizing finance.

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News, Policy, Sustainable finance taxonomies | 21 July 2025

Making the transition nature-positive: How sustainable finance taxonomies can play a key role

Sustainable finance taxonomies are key to shifting financial flows towards ‘nature-positive’ investments aligned with the transition. As transition planning and financing accelerates globally, the wider financial community should consider an important interlinkage: climate stability is interdependent on the health of our natural world. In a time of shifting sustainability sentiments, public and private decision-makers can leverage sustainable finance taxonomies that consider both climate and nature risks.