Will the taxonomy redirect capital towards sustainable investments or simply add red tape to the work of asset managers?
A groundbreaking new law against the greenwashing of financial services is expected to be rubber-stamped by MEPs and governments in the new year after a breakthrough in negotiations this week.
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European governments this morning overturned their earlier opposition to new rules for which financial investments can be labelled environmentally sustainable. France and the UK weighed in behind...
Today EU governments blocked the most progressive piece of financial legislation in the world: new rules for which financial investments can be labelled environmentally sustainable. Green...
As the centrepiece of her political mandate, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen today presented her European Green Deal, a comprehensive climate and nature package of measures to make...
EU negotiators working to agree a ‘green finance’ regulation today left with an unexpected early Christmas present: new rules for which financial investments can be labelled environmentally...
Efforts to water down proposed new rules on which financial investments can be labelled environmentally sustainable have been blocked by the European Parliament.
The EU transport commissioner-designate today committed to greater European action on maritime emissions, but risked being at odds with public demand to address airlines’ climate impact. Transport...
Taxonomy is the obscure name given to the list of economic activities that will be considered ‘green’ in the EU. The issue has been discussed in the rooms of policy wonks in Brussels but it will...