Amnesty International and Oxfam are among 47 NGOs that have written to European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen demanding progress.

Members of the European Parliament have written to commissioners amid fears that key measures in the legislation will be watered down.

Without the European Commission’s reforms, governance systems “will act as countervailing forces against achieving sustainability objectives”.

“Prescriptive requirements for directors’ ESG expertise will be difficult to implement and may impede board formation,” warns the investor.

Consultation adds new obligations on human rights and stakeholder interests to a raft of measures encouraging long-term value creation.

European Commission study contains “deep flaws”, conflates key factors and “touts cures” that could be “counterproductive”, academics warn.

European Commission study finds shareholder pay-outs increased fourfold from 1992–2018, with a fall in the ratio of capex and R&D investment to revenues.

The sustainability reporting rules have faced criticism for failing to produce the detailed disclosures required to confront climate change.

European institutions have agreed a taxonomy of sustainable economic activity, but critics warn it could impose “unjustified additional burdens” on firms.

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