-
EU Taxonomy secures final approval from Parliament
18 June 2020The EU Taxonomy for sustainable activities has secured final approval from the European Parliament after two years of negotiation, ahead of official standards coming into force from 2022.
-
'Alarming' omission of oil and gas from EU financial disclosure rules draft
04 May 2020EU financial regulators have been criticised for appearing to omit oil and gas from its definition of fossil fuel sectors in its draft environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosure requirements.
-
Sustainability taxonomy passes through EU Parliament
28 March 2019The EU’s taxonomy of sustainable activities has been approved by the European Parliament, paving the way for its adoption into regulation later this year.
-
Political rifts foil EU taxonomy definition of ‘brown’ activities
13 March 2019An effort to define criteria for economic activities with a negative environmental impact within the EU’s sustainability taxonomy has been thwarted by political divisions in the European Parliament.