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European Parliament approves 'world first' carbon removal certificate

The European Parliament has formally approved a certification framework for carbon removal projects, but carbon market participants have warned this does not go far enough.

CSDDD clears hurdle after approval in Parliamentary committee

CSDDD not dead yet, with Council still negotiating, MEP says

EU due diligence rules 'back to square one' as countries reject text

The EU's Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) is in peril after EU member states voted down the latest text, forcing it back to the European Parliament just three months before the end of its mandate.

European Parliament passes 'world first' nature restoration law

Investors have welcomed the European Parliament passing the "world first" Nature Restoration Law, calling it a "watershed" moment for a nature-positive economy.

EU one step closer to 'world first' carbon removal certificate

The European Council and Parliament has provisionally agreed to set up a 'first of its kind' carbon removal certification framework, in a bid to give carbon removal projects more credibility.

EU agrees ESG ratings regulation text, plans to consider extending it to ESG data

The EU has agreed the text for regulating providers of ESG ratings and said it will in future review whether to extend the regulation to cover providers of ESG data products.

German opposition to CSDDD text threatens to torpedo legislation

Germany's finance and justice ministers have publicly opposed the text of the landmark Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), raising the prospect that the EU's largest economy could sabotage adoption of the legislation.

MEPs agree two-year delay to EU sector-specific reporting standards

Paul Tang: EU must emphasise transition finance

The EU has been too focused on 'green' in its sustainable finance, the Dutch MEP tells Ahren Lester