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Clear definitions of the sustainability, climate, and ESG terms that matter most — from CBAM and CSRD to SBTi and PCAF. Written by Semtrio's advisory team.
A Second Party Opinion is an independent assessment of whether a green, social, sustainability or sustainability-linked financing framework aligns with recognised market principles, published before the instrument comes to market.
An SFDR Article 8 fund is an investment product that promotes environmental or social characteristics, alongside other objectives, and is therefore subject to enhanced sustainability disclosures under Article 8 of the EU's Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation — commonly described as "light green."
An SFDR Article 9 fund is an investment product that has sustainable investment as its explicit objective and is therefore subject to the strictest sustainability disclosures under Article 9 of the EU's Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation — commonly described as "dark green."
A social bond is a fixed-income instrument whose proceeds are used exclusively to finance projects with positive social outcomes, issued in line with ICMA's Social Bond Principles.
The Stakeholder Capitalism Metrics are a voluntary set of ESG disclosures published by the World Economic Forum in 2020 — 21 core and 34 expanded metrics across four pillars — curated from existing standards to enable more comparable reporting.
Stakeholder engagement is the structured process of identifying, consulting and responding to the groups affected by or interested in an organisation's activities and sustainability impacts.
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