During yesterday’s European Council, EU leaders met to discuss the new energy shock hitting Europe, with some of them looking towards deregulation measures and major changes to the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) as possible solutions.
“The transition to clean corporate fleets must be an opportunity for SMEs, not a constraint that limits their ability to operate, invest and grow.”
A new NGO-led evaluation finds that implementation of the Nature Restoration Law (NRL) is underway in most Member States, marking a crucial first step towards repairing Europe’s degraded ecosystems.
With the publication of the “automotive package”, the European Commission has made a first step to creating a more pragmatic and flexible pathway to align decarbonisation with competitiveness and resilience objectives.
The European Commission has launched the Food and Feed Safety Omnibus package, squeezing in yet another proposal that weakens environmental protections.
The conclusion of interinstitutional negotiations on the first Omnibus package today, marks a major setback for the EU’s corporate sustainability framework, with a decision to weaken the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD).
European central banks are among the leaders in tackling climate-related financial risks, but key drivers of nature-related risk remain insufficiently addressed in financial regulation and supervision, according to a new WWF assessment.
