The ‘Platform on Sustainable Finance’ was consulted by the European Commission on its draft complementary delegated act on the EU taxonomy, and will submit individual comments from its members, rather than a contribution formed by consensus due to the very short deadline given by the institution, Nathan Fabian, the Platform’s chairman, announced on Twitter on Thursday 6 January.
This stakeholder group, which advises the Commission on sustainable finance, must submit its comments by 12 January at the latest, although it only received the draft delegated act on New Year’s Eve (see EUROPE 12860/1).
This is a particularly sensitive text, however, and is the subject of heated debate between supporters and opponents of the inclusion of nuclear and fossil gas energy in the taxonomy (see EUROPE 12861/1).
Mr Fabian nevertheless said that the Platform “is discussing how to continue our technical review on nuclear and gas activities after 12 January, to provide further input on the EU Taxonomy criteria if necessary”.
He also provided assurances that the “major points” of the individual contributions of the 57 members of the Platform will be made public. (Original version in French by Damien Genicot)