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Investment groups urge EU to delay changes to SFDR

European investment groups have urged the European Commission to delay proposed changes to the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), as they warned of a risk to investor confidence in the regime and to the reliability of disclosures.

Spanish meat-free producer raises €40m

EU agrees ESG ratings regulation text, plans to consider extending it to ESG data

The EU has agreed the text for regulating providers of ESG ratings and said it will in future review whether to extend the regulation to cover providers of ESG data products.

Greenwashing concerns hindering transition, warn European regulators

Transition needs to be better articulated by regulators to help diminish the growing fear of greenwashing accusations, European regulators have warned, adding that it is important that "we accept some shades of brown".

EU regulator sounds 'impact washing' alarm call

Funds that purport to contribute to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have been found to "not significantly differ" to peers that do not make such claims, in analysis by the European securities regulator.

European Commission: Regulators need to push back against expensive nature data

Regulators need to "push back" against expensive nature data providers and consultants, and provide the toolkit for nature regulation implementation themselves, a European Commission representative has said.

German opposition to CSDDD text threatens to torpedo legislation

Germany's finance and justice ministers have publicly opposed the text of the landmark Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), raising the prospect that the EU's largest economy could sabotage adoption of the legislation.

Mirova bags $75m from EIB for Gigaton Fund

Future Energy Ventures raises €110m for €250m fund

EU regulator surveys banks on standard for classifying ESG risk exposures