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  • French companies sound alarm at 'greenwashing' in ESMA sustainability enforcement rules

    22 March 2024

    The French Association of Large Companies (AFEP) has voiced concern that draft rules for regulators enforcing the disclosure of sustainability-related information will too strictly police perceived 'greenwashing' and be complex to apply.

  • 'Scrap plans' for mandatory reporting of opex EU taxonomy alignment, say companies

    11 May 2023

    French companies have called for the EU to scrap its proposal for the mandatory disclosure of operating expenditure alignment with the taxonomy of sustainable activities, claiming investors are more interested in other information.

  • Pleas for EU to delay taxonomy reporting or risk poor disclosures

    05 May 2023

    Investors and businesses have asked the EU Commission to delay taxonomy reporting requirements for eligible activities against the four new objectives.

  • France’s AFEP warns EU on oversimplified sustainability taxonomy

    19 November 2018

    The influential French Association of Large Companies (AFEP) has issued a striking warning to the European Commission that its sustainability taxonomy risks presenting an oversimplified solution to a complex problem.