
Marlene Puffer
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Jul 14, 2026
The Case for a Canadian Sustainable Finance Taxonomy
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Michael TorranceHOST
So Marlene, maybe the first question for you is what is the sustainable finance taxonomy mean? Why is it-- why do we need one in Canada?

Marlene PufferGUEST
When I told my kids what I'm doing right now, they said, "Wait a minute, isn't that biology? What are you talking about? You don't know anything about that." I said, "Yeah, I know." But a taxonomy you would've s- come across in your science class that was a way of classifying things in nature.

Marlene PufferGUEST
So whether it's butterflies, fish into different species, and in sustainable finance, as you've already said, it's classifying investments or economic activity into categories and putting labels on them.

Marlene PufferGUEST
So green transition and what's new for this taxonomy that we're putting in place for Canada is a recommendation, whether it goes forward or not is an open question, to have a third category that we're for now calling the abatement category.
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