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  • EU Platform social taxonomy overhaul tackles practical difficulties

    28 February 2022

    A final report on an EU taxonomy of social factors has been published that seeks to establish a common structure with the existing environmental taxonomy by reining in initial proposals deemed too costly and complicated.

  • Eurosif: EU sustainability directive risks investor 'greenwashing'

    24 February 2022

    The European Commission's proposed sustainability and human rights directive could increase the risk of 'greenwashing' in investors' portfolios because of vague rules on corporate transition plans, Eurosif has warned.

  • EU delays introduction of SFDR standards again

    01 December 2021

    The European Commission has again delayed the application of the second phase of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) rules by six months, to January 2023.

  • Gas, nuclear and the taxonomy: fuelling controversy

    19 November 2021

    The EU is preparing to reveal its decision on whether to include nuclear and gas in its sustainability taxonomy. Michael Hurley presents the state of play