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Omnibus opportunity to broaden EU taxonomy use via 'simplification', LSEG suggests

Plans by the EU to reduce sustainability reporting requirements are an opportunity to simplify the bloc's taxonomy so it can be more widely used by large institutional investors such as pension funds, according to the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG).

EU sustainability omnibus regulation 'like opening Pandora's box'

The EU faces a complicated task balancing its drive for 'simplification' of sustainability reporting with ensuring it does not adversely affect a complex network of regulations linked to the EU Green Deal - a move one observer likened to "opening Pandora's box".

Business needs clarity on EU omnibus proposals, NGOs tell von der Leyen

Advisers propose EU taxonomy criteria for mining of metals

Draft eligibility criteria for mining and manufacturing of metals to be included in the EU sustainability taxonomy have been proposed by the European Commission-mandated Platform on Sustainable Finance.

Delay CSRD assurance and drop double materiality test, Vodafone urges

The EU should postpone requirements that reports prepared in line with the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) should gain independent assurance, according to Vodafone's head of sustainability.

SFDR categories can address vagaries of Article 8 and 9, says research

Scrambled regs to give investors indigestion in 2025

Investors must digest a diet of disparate sustainable finance regulations in the year ahead. Michael Hurley reports

EU 'transition' benchmarks pitched to incentivise taxonomy-aligned capex spending

'Investing for transition' benchmarks have been pitched to the EU that would incentivise progressively greater capital expenditure (capex) in 'sustainable' activities linked to the EU taxonomy.

German ministers propose vast cutbacks to CSRD

Senior ministers in the German government have called for European sustainability reporting requirements to be drastically cut back and delayed by two years, in a leaked letter to European commissioners.

EU advisers push for sustainability, transition categories to replace SFDR Articles 8 & 9

The EU has been told it should create three categories of sustainable investment products to replace the existing Article 8 and 9 disclosure framework under the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), by its expert Platform on Sustainable Finance