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Taxonomy Is Indispensable For Contingent Workforce Program Success

The value of constructing a common vocabulary across all contingent workforce (CW) program stakeholders and customers cannot be overstated. CW programs operate under the general assumption that all stakeholders speak the same language. The reality is vastly different. Common contingent workforce terms have multiple interpretations. Unfortunately, miscommunications arising from lacking a common vocabulary often go […]

Mexico’s Sustainable Taxonomy Revealed

The Ministry of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP) presented Mexico’s Sustainable Taxonomy during the 2023 Banking Convention. The taxonomy is a comprehensive compendium of sustainable economic activities that seek to address several social challenges with the support of financial investments. Mexico’s first sustainable taxonomy addresses three main problems: climate change, gender equality, and access to […]

Taxonomy for Addressing Delivery Challenges and Development Effectiveness

Understanding the complex linkages that influence development effectiveness has often been hindered by a reliance on all-encompassing jargon and uninformative diagnostic measures. They provide little to no prescriptive value for identifying and addressing challenges. To improve the delivery of future projects, it is necessary to determine what went wrong with greater specificity. The findings of […]

Canada Publishes Finance Sustainable Growth Taxonomy for Climate Emergency

The Canadian federal government’s Sustainable Financial Action Council published its Taxonomy Roadmap Report for Mobilizing Finance for Sustainable Growth by Defining Green and Transition Investments. The 77-page report seeks to develop a taxonomy that will produce standards to benchmark economic activities consistent with climate goals expressed by the federal government. The taxonomy provided in this […]

Bond Data Taxonomy Introduced

The International Capital Markets Association (ICMA) has released a Bond Data Taxonomy (BDT). BDT provides a common, standardized language to facilitate STP across the bond transaction lifecycle and reduce inconsistent use of data in securities issuance. Furthermore, BDT will enable automation, encourage interoperability, promote standardization of data modeling, and minimize manual intervention requirements across trading […]

Terminology Service for Supporting FAIR Research Data Management

TIB – Leibniz Information Center for Technology and Natural Sciences and University Library, in cooperation with National Research Data Infrastructure Germany (NFDI), has set up a Terminology Service. The service aims to support the use of established ontologies and terminologies. The TIB Terminology Service provides a single point of access to terminologies from domains such […]

A New Classification Structure for Australian Sustainable Finance Disclosure

The Australian Sustainable Finance Institute (ASFI) has released a new report. The report recommends using a new classification structure to direct capital toward sustainable activities while facilitating a seamless transition to a sustainable economy and addressing the risk of greenwashing. AFSI’s recommendations coincide with recent reports flagging the difficulties experienced by companies taking steps to […]

Understanding Target Audience Search Behavior through Semantic Analysis

In today’s digital landscape, understanding the demand side information retrieval process is critical for effectively targeting and engaging audiences through digital marketing. To do so, businesses can use computational linguistic and semantic analyses to gain insights into the information retrieval process of their target audience. The insights can then be used to optimize content and […]

Forging Consistent Insurance Data Standards Interpretation

The Centre for Study of Insurance Operations (CSIO)’s mandate is to ensure consistent interpretation of the Property & Casualty (P&C) insurance industry’s data standards by insurance companies and technology vendors. CSIO’s mandate now includes governing the industry’s data standards to avoid conflicting interpretations. This involves classifying stakeholders that have implemented the standard. In the key […]

Developing a New Green Taxonomy In Armenia

A yearlong initiative, “Developing Green Taxonomy in Armenia,” aimed at creating a policy and legal basis for green investments in Armenia, was launched recently. Adopting a green taxonomy is crucial to establishing a robust system for identifying, selecting, and financing green and sustainable development projects in Armenia. A dedicated expert working group has been established […]