European Union policymakers are likely to propose national targets on expanding renewable energy to try to ensure the bloc achieves its goals on cutting emissions, a senior official said on Wednesday. The European Commission is
Italy is set to introduce a series of measures to cut red tape to simplify the permissions process for new renewable energy projects, Ecology Transition Minister Roberto Cingolani said on Wednesday. Italy’s byzantine authorisation process
Norway’s $1.3tn oil fund will screen the hundreds of new companies it adds to its portfolio each year for environmental, social and governance risks as the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund seeks to regain its
An anti-corruption group has submitted a legal complaint in France against Lebanon’s central bank governor over foreign investments including property he owns worth millions of euros, two people involved in the filing said on Monday.
Years from now, 2021 may be seen as the moment the European Union took a leap forward from its post-World War Two birth as a coal and steel bloc to a modern green and digital
The European Union put forward a package of measures that took aim at the patchy data available around sustainable investing, seen as one of the fast-growing market’s biggest problems. The bloc’s executive arm in Brussels
Next week, the European Union will lay out conditions that transport, industry, and buildings must meet to be classed as a sustainable investment in Europe, but delay a decision on whether to label gas and
ABN Amro has reached a €480m settlement with Dutch prosecutors over anti-money laundering failings, following an investigation that also triggered the resignation of Danske Bank’s chief executive. The Netherlands Public Prosecution Service on Monday accused
The European Union will seek to increase police cooperation, target human trafficking and establish new rules to counter money laundering, according to plans detailed by the European Commission on Wednesday. The EU executive set out
Italian magistrates have issued an arrest warrant for Gianluigi Torzi, a financial broker caught up in a scandal involving the Vatican’s purchase of a building in an upscale London area, police said on Monday. Financial
Lawmakers in the European Parliament passed a resolution to tackle environmental and human rights issues in the supply chains of EU businesses by 504 votes to 79 on Wednesday (10 March) ahead of the Commission’s
Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Michael Wood today released New Zealand’s Plan of Action against Forced Labour, People Trafficking and Slavery, which sets out the all-of-government approach to combating these crimes. Michael Wood said the
