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Updated: Financial institutions partially exempt from supply chain due diligence under 'milestone' rules

The finance sector will be exempt from carrying out environmental and social due diligence of companies 'downstream' in the supply chain under newly agreed EU rules, in a victory for lobbyists who claimed it would add disproportionate costs and unfairly expose institutions to legal claims.

EU's 'landmark' green bond standard given go-ahead by Parliament

Final political approval has been given to the EU's 'landmark' Green Bond Standard, clearing its path for market adoption.

Video: Dutch MEP Paul Tang calls for credible and audited net zero transition plans

'Greenwashing is rife' in green bonds, says EU's Tang

Greenwashing is rife among green bond issues, an influential EU politician has told Environmental Finance's ESG in Fixed Income conference in London.

EU Green Bond Standard: Provisional deal on landmark regulation agreed

The ground-breaking green bond regulation is now on the home straight after key compromises were sealed, with sustainability-linked bonds now firmly in sight of EU regulation. Ahren Lester reports

MEPs object to gas, nuclear inclusion in EU Taxonomy

European politicians on two key parliamentary committees have objected to the inclusion of gas and nuclear projects in the EU Taxonomy for sustainable activities,...

Parliament sends 'clear signal' to EU states for tougher EU GBS

The EU Parliament has passed tougher amendments to the EU Green Bond Standard (EU GBS) which was described by one senior politician as a "clear signal" to EU member states not to water down the proposals.

EU Parliament drops gas, nuclear opposition in EU GBS

Amid tough discussions, the Parliamentary amendments to the EU Green Bond Standard proposal go noticeably further than the Commissions plans in several critical ways. Ahren Lester reports

EU standard proposals could 'shrink pool' of green bonds, says HSBC

The additional EU Green Bond Standard (GBS) criteria proposed by an influential committee run the risk of "shrinking the pool" of green bond issuers and projects by being overly complicated and restrictive, according to HSBC.

Dutch MEP decries privatisation of ESG data important to insurers

Kieler Rück CEO calls European Single Access Point a "game changer"