Regulation
The directives, national laws, fines, and court cases that set what companies have to do.
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Featured Green claims
EU green claims rules sharpen the need for packaging product data
Suppliers need evidence about specific packaging properties so customers can describe environmental benefits without relying on broad labels.
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Featured VSME
VSME reporting cap does not cover all customer requests to suppliers
A supplier may be protected from sustainability-data demands made for CSRD reporting, but customer qualification and due-diligence requests are a separate matter.
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Featured Energy
Germany expands biomass payment checks and tightens biofuel oversight
Smaller wood-fuel power plants face sustainability proof requirements to retain payments, while biofuel suppliers face closer checks on declarations and supply-chain records.
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Featured Energy
EU proposes A–G energy and water labels for data centres
Customers could gain a common basis for comparing facilities, but cooling methods, electricity sources and local climate will matter when interpreting the grades.
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Featured Sustainable finance
EBA advises against adding corporate OpEx to financial firms’ taxonomy KPIs
The advice also calls for clearer bank Green Asset Ratio templates, but the available details do not establish which disclosures would change.
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Circularity
EU pharma deal sharpens environmental scrutiny as researchers seek broader tests
Researchers say the draft rules would bring manufacturing outside the EU into assessments, and urge regulators to address chemical mixtures and chronic effects.
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CSRD
EU advisory body calls for global impact reporting by large non-EU companies
A draft option to limit non-climate disclosures to EU-related impacts has drawn objections over comparability with EU companies’ reports.
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Featured Sustainable finance
Proposed SFDR categories could complicate greenwashing challenges
Fund managers may need evidence that supports what an official category implies, not just proof that a product meets its minimum criteria.
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ETS
EU ETS deal would let market stability reserve hold up to 700 million allowances
The provisional change would retain more allowances in the reserve, a shift EU ETS participants should track when planning for carbon costs.
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Circularity
EU proposes climate resilience law as study puts adaptation need at €70bn a year
The proposed law addresses public authorities rather than businesses directly, while a Commission-backed study finds adaptation finance insufficient.
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Hydrogen
EU hydrogen buyers split over call to suspend 2030 industry target
Fertiliser and chemicals producers want binding renewable-hydrogen targets overhauled, while a separate group of companies wants them retained.
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Featured Green claims
ICTES promotes audited tourism label as EU tightens green claims
Spanish tourism businesses need to check both the evidence behind environmental claims and the basis of any sustainability label they display.
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Featured Energy
EU proposes 3°C warming baseline for climate risk decisions
Member States would use a shared pathway to assess future risks, with potential implications for infrastructure planning. Business obligations remain unspecified.
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CSRD
Featured CSRD
Romania raises CSRD reporting threshold, but suppliers still face data requests
Fewer companies will face mandatory sustainability reporting, while customers and banks may continue to seek information from smaller firms.
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Featured Energy
EU Commission proposes climate resilience law to align risk planning
Common assumptions for climate-risk assessments could shape business planning, while the framework aims to improve access to finance for resilience solutions.
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Circularity
EU e-waste budget plan could raise costs for Polish appliance makers
The proposed charge would be paid by member states, not factories. Costs could reach manufacturers if governments tighten collection requirements.
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Featured Energy
Poland adopts first renewable acceleration plans for 105.4 hectares of solar
Developers could gain a faster environmental review, but projects must still meet plan conditions and secure other permits and grid connections.