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A cryptocurrency is a virtual digital currency based on cryptography and peer-to-peer networking, for example Bitcoin.
1.  ''Environmental policy - emissions.''


To reduce or eliminate greenhouse gas emissions.


Sometimes known as 'crypto-assets', also written ''cryptoassets''.


Regulators and some commentators prefer these terms, as a reminder that cryptoassets are not currencies in the traditional sense.
:<span style="color:#4B0082">'''''Aviation is a hard-to-abate sector'''''</span>


:"The success of the [Heathrow sustainability-linked bond] was evidenced by the participation from SFDR Article 9 funds, which is rare for an issuer in a hard-to-abate sector."


:<span style="color:#4B0082">'''''Cryptocurrency, central bank digital currency (CBDC) & regulation'''''</span>
:''ACT Deals of the Year Awards 2023: Bonds below £750m winner.''


:"A CBDC would be fundamentally different to cryptocurrencies or cryptoassets.


:Cryptoassets combine new payments systems with new currencies that are not issued by a central bank...  
2. ''Nuisance - other sources of harm.''


:Our Financial Policy Committee has assessed cryptoassets and concluded that they do not currently pose a risk to monetary or financial stability in the UK. However, cryptoassets do pose risks to investors and anyone buying cryptoassets should be prepared to lose all their money...  
To reduce or eliminate any other source of harm.


:HMT’s proposed approach [is] for an overarching framework to bring crypto-assets into the scope of activities that are regulated – the ‘regulatory perimeter’."


:''Bank of England - CBDC versus cryptocurrency''
== See also ==
* [[Abatement]]
* [[Article 6]]
* [[Article 9]]
* [[Carbon credits]]
* [[Carbon footprint]]
* [[Carbon-neutral]]
* [[Carbon tax]]
* [[Corporate social responsibility]]
* [[Deforestation]]
* [[Degradation]]
* [[Direct emissions]]
* [[Downstream emissions]]
* [[Emissions]]
* [[Environmental concerns]]
* [[Fund]]
* [[Greenhouse gas]]
* [[Science Based Targets initiative]]
* [[Scope 1 emissions]]
* [[Scope 2 emissions]]
* [[Scope 3 emissions]]
* [[Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation]]  (SFDR)




== See also ==
==Other resource==
* [[Altcoin]]
* [[Bank of England]]
* [[Bitcoin]]
* [[Blockchain]]
* [[Central bank digital currency]]  (CBDC))
* [[Cryptoassets]]
* [[Cryptocurrency mining]]
* [[Cryptography]]
* [[Currency]]
* [[DeFi]]
* [[Digital currency]]
* [[Ether]]
* [[Fiat currency]]
* [[Financial Policy Committee]]
* [[Gold standard]]
* [[HM Treasury]]  (HMT)
* [[Libra]]
* [[Money]]
* [[Non-fungible token]]
* [[Regulation]]
* [[Ripple]]


*[https://www.treasurers.org/hub/treasurer-magazine/act-doty23-bonds-below-750m-heathrow ACT Deals of the Year Awards 2023: Bonds below £750m winner - Heathrow]


===Other links===
[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]]
[https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/research/digital-currencies Central bank digital currencies - Bank of England]
[[Category:Financial_products_and_markets]]
[[Category:The_business_context]]


[[Category:Cash_management]]
[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]]
[[Category:Financial_products_and_markets]]
[[Category:The_business_context]]

Latest revision as of 01:54, 30 March 2024

1. Environmental policy - emissions.

To reduce or eliminate greenhouse gas emissions.


Aviation is a hard-to-abate sector
"The success of the [Heathrow sustainability-linked bond] was evidenced by the participation from SFDR Article 9 funds, which is rare for an issuer in a hard-to-abate sector."
ACT Deals of the Year Awards 2023: Bonds below £750m winner.


2. Nuisance - other sources of harm.

To reduce or eliminate any other source of harm.


See also


Other resource

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