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The EU Omnibus' rocky road

As negotiations on the Omnibus proposal begin, Michael Hurley presents an overview of the story so far

France boosts 2025 green bond issuance plan to €15bn

France has boosted its planned green bond issuance to up to €15 billion ($16 billion) after the government finally approved its budget for the year.

UK regulators abandon plans for diversity and inclusion rules

Lawmakers propose bill that would block CSDDD for US companies

A bill has been proposed by US lawmakers that would "prohibit certain US entities from being forced to comply with any foreign sustainability due diligence regulation", including the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD).

EFRAG mulls pivot from financial institution standards to guidance after Omnibus

The European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) is preparing to decide how it can help financial institutions report in line with the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) after the EU's Omnibus package withdrew the prospect of sector-specific standards.

'Green enabling' guidance offers chance to 'redefine sustainable bond landscape'

The guidelines on 'green enabling' projects are a "significant step forward" for the sustainable bond market, according to Eurizon - but ...

EIOPA says Omnibus means it needs to delay insurers' sustainability risk standards

The EU's insurance supervisor has asked for a delay to its work on standards for insurers' sustainability risk disclosures, arguing that the proposed Omnibus package creates uncertainty that makes its work harder.

Green bonds 'reliable signal' of 'significant' emissions reduction

Green bonds have become a "good indicator" of reduced corporate carbon emissions - especially for firms in carbon-intensive sectors or who were heavy emitters, according to research by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS).

The Omnibus is welcome - but the EU must go further and fully align with ISSB

We need regulatory rollback - despite it running counter to the ESG data industry's prevailing narrative, writes Kentaro Kawamori

About 2,700 companies subject to California climate risk rule, Ceres estimates

Almost 2,700 companies are set to be subject to California rules that require them to say how climate change poses risks to their global operations, in alignment with the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), Ceres has estimated.