MEPs, meeting in Strasbourg in Parliament's plenary session on Thursday 18 April, supported by a large majority (449 votes in favour, 51 against and 51 abstentions) the agreement reached in early March between European Parliament and Council of the EU representatives (see EUROPE B12209A14) on the proposed regulation which specifies how institutional investors should integrate environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into their investment decision-making (see EUROPE B11977A2).