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June 20, 2023
EU proposes economic security and critical materials strategy
The EU commission's proposal includes carrying out risk assessments on the resilience of supply chains aimed at minimising risks to certain technologies and products in...
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June 16, 2023
EU parliament committee agrees 'ecodesign' standards for products
As part of its planned circular economy package, the environment committee says goods must be easy to repair and backs a ban on the destruction...
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June 15, 2023
Maritime industry prepares for tougher decarbonisation targets
Until now, shipping has avoided the same scrutiny as other industries on its emissions but upcoming EU regulation now aims to push for greater reductions...
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June 13, 2023
EU issues final proposals for sustainable financing strategy
The EU proposals include guidance to ensure ESG ratings providers are reliable and transparent, and methodologies are robust – but some critics have called them...
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June 12, 2023
Green groups slam EU’s freshly released ESG reporting rules
The EU commission’s ‘watering down’ of its sustainability reporting standards include not making all disclosure requirements compulsory and delaying the reporting of Scope 3 emissions...
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June 12, 2023
Nestlé, Unilever and other groups call for approval of EU’s nature restoration rules
The proposed Nature Restoration Law is facing stiff opposition from centre-right MEPs, who are aiming to block the bill in the European parliament’s environment committee...
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May 4, 2023
NGOs warn EU’s carbon removal proposals are ‘still falling short’
The European Commission’s proposed carbon removal legislation could still cause more harm than good to the climate unless further changes are made, say environmental campaigners. EU legislators must be clearer...
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April 27, 2023
‘Hypocritical’ EU plans to ramp up LNG imports from US, says Greenpeace
The EU bans the fracking that produces liquefied natural gas at home – yet is planning to increase its import capacity of the fossil fuel, say environmental campaigners. EU governments...
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April 26, 2023
EU agrees big companies must align their climate plans with Paris Agreement
EU legal affairs committee outlines climate transition plan rules for corporates as part of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, but delayed deadlines and the exemption of some financial institutions...
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April 19, 2023
EU hit with lawsuits over nuclear and gas taxonomy inclusion
Environmental organisations are challenging the inclusion of nuclear and fossil gas energy sources in the EU taxonomy, claiming that it ‘jeopardises the credibility’ of the rules. The European Commission has...
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April 18, 2023
EU shuns setting minimum criteria for sustainable investments
The European Commission has decided to disregard suggestions to introduce minimum environmental standards for Article 8 or Article 9 funds under the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation. In an update...
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