Editorial standards
How we write, what we cite and where opinion ends and evidence begins.
The Redigo Carbon Knowledge Centre exists to be the most authoritative, useful resource on Sustainable Finance for banks, financial institutions, SMEs and large enterprises. That means holding ourselves to editorial standards closer to a specialist publication than a marketing site.
How we research
Every article starts from primary sources — regulations on EUR-Lex, standards published by the GHG Protocol, EFRAG, LMA/APLMA/LSTA, ICMA, PCAF, SBTi and ISO, and scenario work from the IEA and IPCC. We only cite secondary summaries when they add practitioner interpretation on top of the primary text.
How we monitor regulation
Sustainable Finance regulation evolves quickly. Our editorial team tracks published and consulted texts from the European Commission, EFRAG, the EBA, ESMA, the ISSB and national supervisors, and re-reviews every article whose subject is affected within days of a material change.
How we update articles
Every article carries a Last reviewed date and, where useful, a Based on list of the regulations and standards it draws on. A review either confirms the article is still current, or triggers a rewrite. We never quietly change substantive content without bumping the review date.
How we maintain factual accuracy
Every article ships with a Sources & references block that distinguishes regulatory requirements, industry standards, best practice and Redigo's own recommendations. Where a claim is Redigo's interpretation, it is labelled as a Redigo perspective — never disguised as fact.
Fact vs opinion
Factual claims — regulatory definitions, framework requirements, technical standards — appear as plain prose and reference the underlying source (GHG Protocol, CSRD, ESRS, LMA/LSTA principles, IEA, IPCC).
Redigo's opinions, interpretations and forward-looking observations are always labelled as such — visually distinct in-article callouts marked Redigo perspective.
Example: we believe that mid-sized banks that industrialise SLL origination in the next 18 months will capture a disproportionate share of the European SME sustainable-finance market. That's our view — not a fact.
Educational content vs Redigo's products
The Knowledge Centre is educational. It is not a product brochure. Articles explain how Sustainable Finance works whether or not the reader ever becomes a Redigo Carbon customer. Where a Redigo capability is directly relevant, we say so — clearly separated from the underlying framework or regulation.
Recognised frameworks we cite
- GHG Protocol Corporate Standard, Scope 2 Guidance, Scope 3 Standard
- CSRD (Directive (EU) 2022/2464) and the ESRS (Delegated Regulation 2023/2772)
- IFRS S1 / S2 (ISSB) and TCFD recommendations
- LMA / APLMA / LSTA Sustainability-Linked Loan Principles and Green Loan Principles
- ICMA Green, Social and Sustainability-Linked Bond Principles
- EU Taxonomy Regulation and its delegated acts
- PCAF Global GHG Accounting and Reporting Standard
- SBTi Corporate Net-Zero Standard and sectoral pathways
- IEA, IPCC and Mission Possible Partnership scenarios
No invented statistics
We do not fabricate statistics. When quantitative claims appear, they either (a) originate from a cited source we link to, (b) come from Redigo's own aggregated platform data (labelled as such), or (c) are illustrative examples clearly flagged as illustrative.
Corrections
Regulation and market practice in Sustainable Finance evolve quickly. If you spot anything you believe to be inaccurate or out-of-date, please get in touch — we update the Knowledge Centre continuously.