Publications

Access to finance / financial affairs
EU sustainable finance – BusinessEurope priorities for 2024-2029
In brief
Secure proportionate and usable reporting requirements
Accommodate the needs of investors and companies
Improve the EU taxonomy
Ensure balanced reporting standards for SMEs and...
Access to finance / financial affairs
Overburdensome reporting requirements will not advance sustainability goals
29 June 2022 - Today, the Committee of Permanent Representatives (Coreper) endorsed the provisional political agreement on the corporate sustainability reporting directive (CSRD) reached by the Europe...
Social
Corporate sustainability reporting directive – a BusinessEurope position paper
Executive summary
The business community is fully committed to global sustainability and to driving investment more into sustainable activities. More and more companies take an active role in this...
Climate change
Reporting requirements under the Taxonomy Regulation (Art.8) – BusinessEurope comments
Key messages
This paper summarises the main questions and concerns that companies have in the context of the reporting requirements under Article 8 of the Taxonomy Regulation. We expect it will inf...
Accounting harmonisation
Access to finance / financial affairs
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Access to finance / financial affairs
Sustainable Finance EU Action Plan: the “Taxonomy” proposal – a BusinessEurope position paper
Key messages
European industry is at the core of the environmental and energy transformation. Access to investments will be of critical importance to make it successful. The European business commu...
Access to finance / financial affairs