European Parliament embraced plans aimed at facilitating the incorporation of renewable and low-carbon gases, notably hydrogen, into the European Union's gas market.
The European Council has adopted the Euro 7 regulation, marking the final step in the decision-making process.
European Parliament approved a bill mandating companies to mitigate their adverse impacts on human rights and the environment.
The European Commission has announced an agreement between the European Parliament and Council on a provisional political agreement strengthening CO2 emissions standards for new heavy-duty vehicles.
MEPs and the Spanish Presidency of the Council informally agreed on plans to facilitate the uptake of renewable and low-carbon gases, including hydrogen, on the EU's gas market.
Parliament and Council have reached a provisional agreement on revising the EU's ecodesign framework for sustainable products.
The European Parliament has announced a deal with the Council to reduce industrial emissions.
The European Parliament has adopted its position on new EU-wide rules on packaging, to tackle constantly growing waste and boost reuse and recycling.
MEPs want to end all subsidies for fossil fuels globally by 2025.
To reach the EU's climate goals, emission reduction efforts will need to be complemented by measures to remove carbon from the atmosphere, announced the European Parliament.
The Environment Committee has adopted its demands for the UN Climate Change Conference COP28, which will take stock of the progress on implementing the Paris Agreement.
MEPs back new rules to reduce road transport emissions.
The European Parliament and Council have reached a provisional agreement on new rules to ban misleading advertisements and provide consumers with better product information.
70% of jet fuels at EU airports will have to be green by 2050.
The EU must have restoration measures in place by 2030 covering at least 20% of its land and sea areas, say MEPs.
MEPs approved plans, already agreed with the Council, that set new energy-saving targets for 2030, as part of the European Green Deal.
The European Parliament agreed on its negotiating position for talks with EU governments on a new law to make products in the EU more sustainable.
The European Parliament supports sustainable and sustainable products, without ecological misinformation. The EP specifies that general and unproven claims related to the environment should be prohibited and that the lifetime of products should not be limited from the design stage. The European Parliament also specifies that a product should be able to work well even with spare parts and consumables manufactured by a different manufacturer.
The European Parliament adopts new law to fight global deforestation. An area larger than the EU was lost to deforestation between 1990 and 2020, with EU consumption causing around 10% of losses. The new law is the key to the fight against climate change and biodiversity loss.
The EP adopts key laws to achieve the 2030 climate goal. Free allowances under the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) will be phased out in 2026. GHG emissions in the ETS sectors must be cut by 62% by 2030 compared to 2005 levels.
It is still a long way to embedding ESG principles into corporate culture, operations, and decision-making processes. That was the main takeaway from a panel at CEE ESG Forum 2024 organised by Property Forum and Green Forum in Vienna last November.
FAN Courier, a leading Romanian logistics company, has allocated an investment budget of 40 million euros for 2025, including in renewable energy.
DRI, the European renewables division of Ukrainian energy company DTEK, has successfully connected its 60MW Glodeni II solar park to the Romanian grid.
NXP Semiconductors N.V. announced that it has secured a €1 billion loan from the EIB to advance the company's RDI investments across its broad portfolio of semiconductor solutions.
EIB and Societe Generale have agreed on a new initiative which has the potential to unlock investment of up to €8 billion to support wind energy manufacturers in Europe.
