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Natural Capital Investment EMEA: early bird ends on Friday
08 February 2024The early bird rate for Environmental Finance's fifth annual Natural Capital Investment EMEA conference ends on Friday, so register now to save 20% on the delegate fee.
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Investment groups urge EU to delay changes to SFDR
07 February 2024European investment groups have urged the European Commission to delay proposed changes to the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), as they warned of a risk to investor confidence in the regime and to the reliability of disclosures.
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Greenwashing concerns hindering transition, warn European regulators
05 February 2024Transition needs to be better articulated by regulators to help diminish the growing fear of greenwashing accusations, European regulators have warned, adding that it is important that "we accept some shades of brown".
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European Commission: Regulators need to push back against expensive nature data
02 February 2024Regulators need to "push back" against expensive nature data providers and consultants, and provide the toolkit for nature regulation implementation themselves, a European Commission representative has said.
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EU expert group to examine how to hardwire taxonomy into transition plans
29 January 2024An EU-mandated expert group is to advise the EU how criteria from its sustainability taxonomy can be "systematically integrated" to improve comparability and credibility of organisations' climate transition plans.
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EU Platform begins transition plan work as it denies EU neglects issue
29 January 2024A commonly held perception that the EU's sustainable finance framework does not support 'transition' activities is "wrong", the chair of an independent EU advisory group has said, as it begins work on what good transition plans look like.
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EU wants to boost green loan market, senior commissioner says
26 January 2024The EU wants to boost the market for green loans and is "looking very closely" at recommendations to develop a voluntary label, the European Commission's finance lead has said.
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Sovereigns lead 2023 sustainable bond issuance back to growth
10 January 2024Resurgent green bond issuance and record-breaking activity from governments edged the sustainable bond market back close to $1 trillion in 2023, Ahren Lester reports
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2024 outlook: Sand in the gears of sustainable finance policy
03 January 2024Looming elections and burgeoning disclosure regimes point to a slowdown in sustainable finance policymaking, but the spectre of fines for greenwashing is on the rise, Michael Hurley writes
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EU publishes taxonomy reporting guidance following 'limited reporting'
22 December 2023