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People Moves, 23 January: Glass Lewis, EU Platform on Sustainable Finance, Gresham House ... and more

The EU's carbon trade tariff

The EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism has come into force and is set to have a significant impact on markets. Rob Langston reports

Resilience key topic at COP30, but don't forget about mitigation, says Spanish regulator

Although resilience has been one of the most popular topics at COP30 in Belem, Brazil, delegates not lose sight of the importance of mitigation, said Helena Viñes Fiestas, the commissioner of the Spanish Financial Markets Authority.

Commission adopts EU taxonomy reporting cuts despite data accessibility concerns

The European Commission has adopted cuts to EU taxonomy reporting that will "reduce administrative burden" for companies and financial institutions, including to templates it said would reduce datapoints lenders must report by 89%.

EU advisers present taxonomy overhaul to 'cut reporting burden by one-third'

The EU should allow companies and financial institutions to use estimates and data proxies more widely when reporting alignment with the EU Taxonomy, among measures to reduce reporting requirements of businesses by "more than one-third", according to advisers.

Omni-confusion

What will the EU's Omnibus regulation mean for sustainable finance, Michael Hurley asks

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

Define impact investing in SFDR, EU Platform says

The EU should define impact investing so impact funds can be distinguished in an overhauled Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), according to expert advisors mandated by the European Commission.

People Moves, 14 June: PRI, Environment Bank, IIGCC, Robeco ... and more

EU Platform begins transition plan work as it denies EU neglects issue

A commonly held perception that the EU's sustainable finance framework does not support 'transition' activities is "wrong", the chair of an independent EU advisory group has said, as it begins work on what good transition plans look like.