Archive

  • EU taxonomy ambition 'insufficient' on nuclear, says Platform

    09 May 2023

    The European Commission's taxonomy proposals for nuclear power generation will fail to ensure such activities do not harm the bloc's environmental objectives,...

  • EU Platform announces data, taxonomy working group leads

    20 April 2023

    Representatives of Axa Investment Managers and SEB have been appointed to lead groups in the EU Platform on data, usability and monitoring capital flows towards sustainable investments.

  • Matthey appointed rapporteur for EU taxonomy working group

    08 March 2023

    Astrid Matthey has been appointed rapporteur of the EU Platform's technical working group, as the second iteration of the Platform met for the first time.

  • EU appoints 28-member sustainable finance expert group

    09 February 2023

  • EU opens applications for new sustainable finance expert group

    13 October 2022

    The European Commission has launched a call for applications to join the Platform on Sustainable Finance ahead of a new mandate for the expert group starting in 2023.

  • Platform report 'solves 90%' of EU Taxonomy usability problems

    12 October 2022

    The data and usability report published by the Platform on Sustainable Finance (PSF) has solved the vast majority of the "technical problems" with the EU Taxonomy, according to one of its members, and "hints" at a solution for the remainder of the challenges.

  • 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.

  • Updates to 'common ground' taxonomy published

    06 June 2022

  • EU Platform reveals remaining environmental taxonomy criteria

    31 March 2022

    Criteria to extend the EU's taxonomy beyond climate have been published by an expert group - but the document also reveals delays to some aspects deemed too challenging to define.

  • Transition bond structure could be revived by EU taxonomy extension

    29 March 2022

    A proposed extension of the EU's sustainability taxonomy to cover activities deemed to be in transition could spur more use-of-proceeds 'transition bonds', according to proposals by an expert group.