MEPs of the European Parliament’s Economic Affairs Committee (ECON) of the European Parliament have approved, Thursday 13 December, in an almost unanimous vote (42 to 1 against) the draft report by the Briton Neena Gill (S&D, UK) on the proposed regulation creating a new category of benchmark to help investors compare the carbon footprint of investments (see EUROPE 11977).
MEPs supported the creation of two 'green' benchmarks that are aligned with the Paris Agreements in...