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  • Carney: EU Taxonomy 'still too narrow'

    25 March 2020

    Former Bank of England governor Mark Carney has reiterated that the EU Taxonomy for Sustainable Activities remains "quite proscriptive" despite recent revisions, while he is optimistic it will become richer through the addition of transition activities in the future.

  • Acciona claims 69% of revenues align with Taxonomy

    23 January 2020

    Acciona has presented a case study of the alignment of its revenues with the proposed EU Taxonomy, in what it claims is a first-of-its-kind case study.

  • EU member states officially endorse Taxonomy proposals

    18 December 2019

    EU member states have today officially endorsed the Taxonomy to define what constitutes a 'green' investment, which was agreed earlier in the week.

  • EU agrees "balanced" compromise Taxonomy deal

    17 December 2019

    The EU secured compromise on the Taxonomy to define what constitutes a green investment late Monday

  • EU Taxonomy hits roadblock

    11 December 2019

    The European Union (EU) has laid out plans to become the first climate-neutral continent in the world by 2050, although its green Taxonomy plans were blocked by the UK and France.

  • EU countries urged by MEPs to ‘at least double’ GCF pledges

    07 November 2019

    Every country in the EU should “at least double” their contribution to the Green Climate Fund, the influential Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) has said.

  • Taxonomy of unsustainable activities ‘only way’ to meet EU climate goals

    15 May 2019

    Expanding the EU’s proposed sustainability taxonomy to also define unsustainable activities is “the only way” to ensure Europe meets its goal to be climate neutral by 2050, according to environmental thinktank E3G.

  • Sustainability taxonomy passes through EU Parliament

    28 March 2019

    The EU’s taxonomy of sustainable activities has been approved by the European Parliament, paving the way for its adoption into regulation later this year.

  • Political rifts foil EU taxonomy definition of ‘brown’ activities

    13 March 2019

    An effort to define criteria for economic activities with a negative environmental impact within the EU’s sustainability taxonomy has been thwarted by political divisions in the European Parliament.

  • EU agrees sustainable investment disclosure rules

    08 March 2019

    Agreement on a set of rules designed to increase harmonisation of sustainability-related investment disclosures has been reached by the EU Parliament and Council.