By defining 'green finance', the EU hopes it can kickstart low-carbon investment

Madeleine Cuff
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Bumper report from the European Commission sets out criteria to define sustainable finance in a bid to protect investors from 'greenwash'

In an attempt to fire up investment in low-carbon infrastructure, the European Commission yesterday released a mammoth 414-page report defining what it means by "green" finance. The taxonomy, drawn...

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