Politics & Law

Imminent EU-Mercosur trade deal held up by far-right win in Argentina

European Commission plans to conclude talks this year on the troubled EU-Mercosur trade agreement have been thrown into disarray following the election far-right outsider Javier Milei as Argentina’s... Read more

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Energy

EU earmarks hydrogen projects for billions in subsidies

The European Commission has drawn criticism by including for the first time hydrogen infrastructure and electrolysers in its lists of projects that are eligible for billions of euros worth of subsidies.

Markets & Corporate

Member state compromise on due diligence rules excludes financial sector

National representatives have indicated a readiness to accommodate Parliament’s push for mandatory climate transition plans at upcoming negotiations on the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, in an effort to reach a deal with co-legislators that fully excludes the financial sector.

Chemicals

‘The new asbestos’: Chemicals firms should quit PFAS production, say investors

The world’s largest chemical companies have been urged by investors to stop producing PFAS due to the “deep liability and insurance risks” posed by the group of so-called forever chemicals.

Markets & Corporate

Use corporate sustainability rules to defuse ‘carbon bombs’, green groups urge

Legally-binding climate reduction targets must be introduced for organisations and their enablers – the EU’s financial sector – in the corporate sustainability due diligence directive, a report by green groups has claimed.

Markets & Corporate

Parliament has the ‘only acceptable’ position on environmental due diligence, say NGOs

Green groups have identified the European Parliament’s position on the corporate sustainability due diligence directive as the only one to “ensure the file achieves its objectives”, warning that the approaches put forward by the European Commission and EU Council “would fail”.

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