EU's green taxonomy

In what year will the UN's Sustainable Development Goals be achieved (ideally)?

2050

2030

2025

2020

How many degrees warmer than pre-industrial levels is the WEF's climate temperature ceiling?

1 degree

2 degrees

10 degrees

5 degrees

What is the EU's taxonomy?

A list of sustainable investments

The names of all sustainable activities

A classification system for sustainable activities

The library for researching sustainability

What is the purpose of the taxonomy?

To increase knowledge of environmentally sustainable businesses

To increase the number of environmentally sustainable businesses

To provide a common language for identifying environmentally sustainable activities and selling corresponding products

To shame non-environmentally sustainable businesses into action

Which of the following is not one of the six environmental objectives?

Climate change mitigation

Transition to a circular economy

Pollution prevention and control

Plastics reduction

Which of the following is not a further criterion for the activity?

Must be easy to apply in every country

Must comply with technical screening criteria

Must meet certain social safeguards

Must do no significant harm to any of the other objectives

Which of the following does the taxonomy not also require?

Technological neutrality where possible

An unchanging structure

Lifecycle assessments

Consideration of existing standards

What must disclosures include?

How and to what extent sustainable products comply with the taxonomy criteria

The financial impact of the measures

What is in each product

Where each product is made and what its carbon footprint is

Which of the following is not in the draft taxonomy?

Guidance and case studies

Technical screening criteria

A 'white list' of things that are always allowed

Science based recommendations

Why are there concerns about the taxonomy?

It doesn't go far enough

The EU does not have enough attention to devote to sustainability right now

Europe is rich and therefore the standard will be geared towards rich companies

It is not a global standard

In what year will the UN's Sustainable Development Goals be achieved (ideally)?

How many degrees warmer than pre-industrial levels is the WEF's climate temperature ceiling?

What is the EU's taxonomy?

What is the purpose of the taxonomy?

Which of the following is not one of the six environmental objectives?

Which of the following is not a further criterion for the activity?

Which of the following does the taxonomy not also require?

What must disclosures include?

Which of the following is not in the draft taxonomy?

Why are there concerns about the taxonomy?

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