TAG: Sustainable finance
Flip-flopping Tories freeze City of London’s green ambitions
LONDON — It's the City of London's turn to see its green ambitions put on ice.With an election looming this year, Rishi Sunak's Conservative government has already delayed plans to phase out diesel cars and gas boilers. The City, Britain's financial servi...
5 months ago
Europe’s €10 trillion gamble
BRUSSELS ― Unlike Americans, Europeans don’t take risks. If they did, the €10 trillion they have languishing in their bank accounts ― that’s more than a third the size of the U.S. economy ― could be invested in the stock market instead. That would give co...
2 months ago
Defense firms need full access to EU cash as Putin haunts Europe, Draghi says
European defense firms must not fear red tape as they ramp up weapons production, according to a new report seen exclusively by POLITICO.As Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine continues with knock-on effects for European security, the Continent's defe...
1 month ago
The secretive €6M EU lobby group paying for lawmakers to stay in fancy hotels
LONDON ― An opaque self-styled "think tank" that offers businesses access to EU politicians and regulators has raked in almost €6 million in fees from the finance industry, POLITICO can reveal, fueling concerns about lack of transparency and cash-for-infl...
1 month ago