Banks should check client sustainability despite due diligence carveout, lawmakers say
The financial sector needs a separate law to impose environmental and human rights obligations after being excluded from a December...
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Christine Lagarde makes a poor central banker, ECB staff say – POLITICO
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. FRANKFURT — On the global stage, European Central Bank...
European asset managers greener than Americans, study finds
The green-finance gulf between EU investors and US rivals such as BlackRock is widening, a campaign group says ADVERTISEMENTEuropean asset...
Việt Nam’s exports to EU, US see sharp downturn in 2023
Vietnamese handicrafts on display at a trade fair in Milan, Italy. —...
EU, Kenya sign landmark trade deal hailed as beginning of ‘historic partnership’
Kenya and the European Union have signed a long-negotiated trade agreement to increase the flow of goods between the two...
EU grants Ukraine membership talks but can’t agree on financial aid
European Union leaders agreed to open membership talks with Ukraine even as it continues to fight Russia’s invasion, but they...
New EU business supply chain rules hand free pass to financial sector – POLITICO
STRASBOURG — EU institutions on Thursday backed ambitious rules to compel companies to safeguard the environment and human rights in...
Thames Water bosses blame ‘very low bills’ for financial troubles – The Irish News
Bosses at Thames Water have said its financial troubles were partly caused by bills being kept “very low” as the...
Loss & Damage Fund will be key test for COP28 success on climate finance
Finance is set to be at the heart of COP28, the UN climate summit starting on Thursday in Dubai, with...
WTO | 2023 Press Releases – EU donates EUR 1 million to WTO Fisheries Funding Mechanism
Director-General Okonjo-Iweala said: “I am deeply appreciative to the European Union for its generous donation to the Fisheries Funding Mechanism....
