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Von der Leyen pledges EU cleantech financing as she lauds Omnibus in landmark speech

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced an initiative to invest €1.8 billion ($2.1 billion) of EU funds in battery production as part of efforts to boost domestic 'cleantech', in a landmark speech in which she also lauded work to cut sustainability rules.

EU Commission launches nature credit programme to scale private finance

The European Commission has launched a programme to scale nature credits in the EU in a bid to ramp up private investment into nature recovery.

EU pitches 'unprecedented simplification' with cuts to sustainability reporting

Leaked paper says EU omnibus will protect investors' data needs

'Simplification' of sustainability reporting requirements will be done in a way that 'ensure[s] tight alignment of the data required with the needs of investors', according to a leaked draft policy paper by the European Commission.

Von der Leyen promises 'far-reaching simplification' of sustainable finance rules

The European Commission will present "far-reaching simplification of our sustainable finance and due diligence rules" next month alongside a plan to promote invest in clean technologies, its president Ursula von der Leyen said.

Business needs clarity on EU omnibus proposals, NGOs tell von der Leyen

EU proposal to bring sustainable finance rules into single regulation risks 'chaos'

Suggestions that the EU could bring sustainable finance-related disclosure rules into a single, 'omnibus' regulation to "reduce the reporting burden" risks unnecessary chaos, thinktank E3G has said.

EU's von der Leyen announces 'green coupon facility'

EU's von der Leyen calls for a price on nature

European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen has called for a scaling up of nature credit markets, arguing for a system that rewards nature.

Von der Leyen wins re-election with pledge to 'stay the course' on Green Deal

Ursula von der Leyen has won re-election as president of the European Commission, pledging to "stay the course" on the European Green Deal she helped forge in her first term at the helm and set a tough new emissions reduction target.