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EU issues 'urgent' request for advice on CSRD cutbacks

The EU Commission has written to the bloc's financial reporting standard-setting body, requesting urgent "advice" on how to make the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) less onerous for companies.

Taxonomy cuts to 'significantly damage' sustainable investment market, warn EU advisers

The EU has been warned by its expert advisers that proposed cuts to its sustainability taxonomy will have negative 'ripple effects' on the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) and constrain the market for sustainable and transition investments.

Omnibus was 'copy-paste' of big business' demands for deregulation, NGO says

The EU Omnibus' rocky road

As negotiations on the Omnibus proposal begin, Michael Hurley presents an overview of the story so far

CBAM delayed and exclusions announced

The European Commission has confirmed that implementation of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) will be delayed until 2027, with 90% of importers also exempted from its scope.

EU Omnibus: 'Investors will be left in the dark' by CSRD cuts, voluntary taxonomy reporting

Proposals to require only the largest companies to report on the EU taxonomy and to cut the scope of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) have fuelled concerns that investors will be deprived of sustainability data, as the EU unveiled its controversial 'simplification' package.

EU targets private capital in new agriculture strategy

Private investment and nature credits are focal points of the European Commission's new 'vision' for agriculture.

First EU green bond of 2025 attracts €69bn orderbook

SFDR revision delayed until year-end

Raise insurers' capital requirements for fossil fuel assets, EU urged