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EU watchdog slams Commission for appointing BlackRock as ESG finance advisor
EU watchdog slams Commission for appointing BlackRock as ESG finance advisor

European Ombudsman calls on EU to update its conflict of interest guidelines for procurement contracts following its decision to hire a business division of world's leading fossil fuel financier to develop ESG banking regulation study

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  • 27 November 2020
'The green recovery starts at home': EU accelerates Green Deal with buildings, chemicals, and methane plans
'The green recovery starts at home': EU accelerates Green Deal with buildings, chemicals, and methane plans

European Commission unveils flurry of major policy plans as it seeks to help deliver on 2050 net zero goal, but green groups warn bolder action is still required

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  • 15 October 2020
China sets sights on carbon neutrality by 2060
China sets sights on carbon neutrality by 2060

In landmark pledge for climate action President Xi announces China will aim to peak CO2 before 2030 and deliver climate neutrality before 2060

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  • 22 September 2020
Are 'vested interests' threatening the EU's sustainable finance strategy?
Are 'vested interests' threatening the EU's sustainable finance strategy?

New analysis from InfluenceMap warns 19 out of 20 industry lobby groups are actively opposing measures contained within the EU's proposed Sustainable Finance Strategy

  • Policy
  • 22 September 2020
'Ambitious, achievable and beneficial': EU Commission pushes for more stretching 2030 climate target
'Ambitious, achievable and beneficial': EU Commission pushes for more stretching 2030 climate target

Commission President Ursula von der Leyen touts 55 per cent emissions reduction goal for 2030 and expanded the EU Emissions Trading Scheme in inaugural State of the Union address

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  • 16 September 2020
More than 150 business leaders urge EU to step up 2030 emissions target
More than 150 business leaders urge EU to step up 2030 emissions target

Call to adopt targets proposed in last year's Green New Deal plan made in an open letter signed by the more than 150 business leaders

  • Policy
  • 15 September 2020
Dropbox commits to combating climate impact of its data centres
Dropbox commits to combating climate impact of its data centres

Leading data transfer service promises to power its data centres using 100 per cent renewable power

  • Technology
  • 05 August 2020
EU targets 40GW of hydrogen capacity in sweeping new strategy
EU targets 40GW of hydrogen capacity in sweeping new strategy

European Commission outlines its ambition to ramp up the bloc's hydrogen capacity 40-fold over the next 10 years, focusing primarily on green hydrogen infrastructure

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  • 09 July 2020
'Investing in our future': EU touts green infrastructure blitz at heart of €1.85tr recovery plan
'Investing in our future': EU touts green infrastructure blitz at heart of €1.85tr recovery plan

European Commission unveils sweeping economic recovery strategy in support of Green Deal ambition

  • Policy
  • 27 May 2020
Global Briefing: EU Commission targets €20bn annual support for nature restoration
Global Briefing: EU Commission targets €20bn annual support for nature restoration

European Commission unveils sweeping biodiversity strategy, plus all the top green business news from around the world this week

  • Management
  • 22 May 2020
Leaked EU green recovery plan targets building efficiency, hydrogen, transport, and renewables
Leaked EU green recovery plan targets building efficiency, hydrogen, transport, and renewables

  • Politics
  • 21 May 2020
'Deeply regrettable': UK and EU at loggerheads over Brexit trade deal climate conditions
'Deeply regrettable': UK and EU at loggerheads over Brexit trade deal climate conditions

FT reveals UK is pushing back against EU calls for commitments to Paris Agreement to be included in post-Brexit trade deal, as campaigners warn 'climate change is too important for games of this sort'

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  • 07 May 2020
Major corporates urge EU to put net zero at heart of Covid-19 recovery plans
Major corporates urge EU to put net zero at heart of Covid-19 recovery plans

European Corporate Leaders Group joins EU's independent green finance advisory panel in calling for green coronavirus recovery plan

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  • 28 April 2020
EU stands by climate plan, as G20 pledges to deliver 'environmentally sustainable' recovery
EU stands by climate plan, as G20 pledges to deliver 'environmentally sustainable' recovery

Leaked documents reveal the EU is likely to delay some parts of its Green Deal work programme, but 2030 climate targets remains a top priority

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  • 16 April 2020
EU Commission: Green finance 'integral' to Europe's pandemic recovery
EU Commission: Green finance 'integral' to Europe's pandemic recovery

European policymakers seek views on renewed Sustainable Finance Strategy set for launch later this year

  • Policy
  • 08 April 2020
EU carbon market emissions fell 8.7 per cent in 2019, data indicates
EU carbon market emissions fell 8.7 per cent in 2019, data indicates

Greenhouse gas emissions traded under Europe's ETS dropped 8.7 per cent overall last year, although many airlines saw their CO2 rise

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  • 02 April 2020
Trump administration guts Obama-era fuel efficiency standard
Trump administration guts Obama-era fuel efficiency standard

California and the Natural Resources Defense Council have pledged to challenge the regulation, which the government is touting as its largest deregulatory initiative to date, in court.

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  • 01 April 2020
Carmakers lobby EU to delay CO2 standards as Covid-19 slams brakes on industry
Carmakers lobby EU to delay CO2 standards as Covid-19 slams brakes on industry

Auto trade bodies call for 'some adjustment to timing' of EU CO2 standards, as White House seeks to weaken fuel efficiency rules in US

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  • 31 March 2020
'Huge potential': EU targets throwaway culture with sweeping circular economy plan
'Huge potential': EU targets throwaway culture with sweeping circular economy plan

Environmental groups and green businesses broadly welcome strategy, which aims to 'make sustainable products the norm'

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  • 12 March 2020
Can the EU's Taxonomy end greenwashing in the financial sector?
Can the EU's Taxonomy end greenwashing in the financial sector?

Experts appointed by the EU Commission presented their final recommendations for what investments and activities should be considered 'sustainable' - but there remain several key unanswered questions

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  • 12 March 2020
'It needs to start now': EU outlines plan to accelerate net zero industrial transition
'It needs to start now': EU outlines plan to accelerate net zero industrial transition

Proposed EU Industrial Strategy forms part of Commission's vision to build a net zero economy by 2050

  • Policy
  • 11 March 2020
'Surrender' Act: Is Greta's criticism justified?
'Surrender' Act: Is Greta's criticism justified?

  • Policy
  • 05 March 2020
'Climate neutrality is our destiny': EU unveils net zero by 2050 Climate Law
'Climate neutrality is our destiny': EU unveils net zero by 2050 Climate Law

EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen claims law will see net zero taken into account 'in all future policy and legislation'

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  • 04 March 2020
Britain's Brexit negotiating plan: All the key green takeaways
Britain's Brexit negotiating plan: All the key green takeaways

With trade deal talks kicking-off on Monday BusinessGreen pulls together the UK's stance on a range of crucial climate and energy issues

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  • 28 February 2020
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