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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.

Safeguarding the EU's sustainable finance framework is critical for its competitiveness

Efforts to make the EU's sustainable finance regulations work better for everyone are welcome, but investors need high-quality sustainability data and regulatory certainty, write Stephanie Pfeifer, Aleksandra Palinska, and David Atkin

CSDDD transition plan requirement 'little more than window dressing'

A requirement to disclose climate transition plans in the watered-down text of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) is "little more than window dressing" in the absence of a mechanism to force companies to implement the plans, it has been argued.

Discussions over inclusion of financial sector in EU due diligence rules shunted to December

Financial institutions calling for the inclusion of the sector in EU due diligence rules will have to wait until next month to find out if they have been successful, when the next meeting of EU institutions is understood to be planned.

How to make CSDD fit for purpose: The investor perspective

The EU must work to ensure coherence between due diligence rules and those for sustainability disclosures, write Emily Murrell, Elise Attal and Aleksandra Palinska

People moves 9 September: IFRS, EFRAG, ING, Bank of America, Barclays ... and more

Eurosif appoints Palinska as executive director