7 Dec 2022Impact and ESGUpdatesOn 1 December 2022, the Council adopted its general approach on the proposal for a Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence (CSDDD) which was adopted by the European Commission on 23 February 2022. This completes the negotiations in the Council.
CSDDDSustainability
21 Nov 2022Impact and ESGUpdatesThe European Parliament has passed the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (“CSRD”). CSRD replaces the Non-Financial Reporting Directive (“NFRD”), and introduces higher requirements of more detailed reporting, and a mandatory EU sustainability reporting standard.
ComplianceCSRDSustainability
27 Oct 2022Impact and ESGUpdatesThe European Commission has proposed a prohibition on making products made with forced labour available on the EU market as well as exporting such products from EU. The proposal shall be seen in connection with the proposal for a Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence (CSDD) adopted by the European Commission in February.
5 Oct 2022Impact and ESGUpdatesInvest Europe has published a set of ESG reporting guidelines with the aim of providing user-friendly and advanced guidelines on sustainability reporting within the European private capital sector.
Sustainability
30 Sep 2022Impact and ESGUpdatesThe Swedish Finansinspektionen has reviewed 30 Swedish-registered UCITS- and special funds with sustainable investment as their goal (SFDR article 9 funds). Finansinspektionen analyzed how fund managers met the requirements for providing sustainability-related information to investors.
Sustainability
4 Jul 2022Taxation / VATUpdatesOn 11 May 2022, the European Commission has presented a proposal for a directive providing for a debt-equity bias reduction allowance, or DEBRA, to help businesses access the financing they need and to become more resilient.
6 Jan 2022ELTIFsUpdatesOn 25 November 2021, the European Commission published its proposal to amend the Regulation of European Long-Term Investment Funds (ELTIFs) as part of a new Capital Markets Union (CMU) legislative package.
Retail Investors
20 Dec 2021AIFsUpdatesThe IPEV Board has started the 2021 review process for the IPEV Valuation Guidelines.
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