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  • NGOs resign from 'politicised' EU Platform on sustainable finance

    15 September 2022

    Several members of the EU's Platform on sustainable finance have filed a notice of their resignation following the furore around the inclusion of nuclear in the taxonomy of sustainable activities.

  • Commission asks EU regulators for 'greenwashing' risk reports

    16 August 2022

    The European Commission has asked the European Supervisory Agencies (ESAs) to provide reports within two years on the extent of 'greenwashing' in the bloc's financial markets and the potential policies it could use to tackle the risks.

  • De Cambourg backed for EFRAG sustainability reporting role

    14 July 2022

    Patrick de Cambourg has received the support of the European Parliament's committee on legal affairs to become chair of EFRAG's Sustainability Reporting Board.

  • MEPs object to gas, nuclear inclusion in EU Taxonomy

    14 June 2022

    European politicians on two key parliamentary committees have objected to the inclusion of gas and nuclear projects in the EU Taxonomy for sustainable activities,...

  • REPowerEU's 'raid' on ETS reserves will lower carbon prices

    10 June 2022

    WisdomTree has criticised the EU's plan to "raid" the Market Stability Reserve of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), as part of the EU's plan to wean off Russian fossil fuels.

  • Video: Jonathan Maes (European Commission) at ESG in Fixed Income EMEA 2022

    31 May 2022

    Jonathan Maes, a seconded national expert at the European Commission, was asked to comment on how sovereigns could divest from state-owned fossil fuel companies, rather than 'perpetually engage' with them.

  • EU Parliament drops gas, nuclear opposition in EU GBS

    16 May 2022

    Amid tough discussions, the Parliamentary amendments to the EU Green Bond Standard proposal go noticeably further than the Commissions plans in several critical ways. Ahren Lester reports

  • EU studying SFDR transition plan disclosure requirement

    11 May 2022

    The European Commission has asked its supervisory authorities to propose amendments to sustainable finance disclosure rules that could require information on transition plans and scenario analysis.

  • EU bodies tasked with including nuclear, gas in SFDR

    09 May 2022

  • ESG in credit ratings consultation launched

    05 April 2022