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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12868

14 January 2022
Contents Publication in full By article 17 / 33
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / Finance
Voluntary nature of European standard on ‘green’ bonds debated in European Parliament
Brussels, 13/01/2022 (Agence Europe)

MEPs on the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs debated on Thursday 13 January the draft report by Paul Tang (S&D, Netherlands) on establishing a European Green Bond (EuGB) standard. This project forms an integral part of the European Commission’s Sustainable Finance Strategy, which was presented on 6 July 2021 (see EUROPE B12756A14).

The aim of the text is to combat ‘greenwashing’ and to restore confidence in market operators. As Mr Tang said in his introduction, “the bond...

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