BP lobbying to weaken EU green investment: watchdog
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20/04/2021 - 17:18 The EU s green taxonomy classification system, set to be published Wednesday, seeks to define what constitutes sustainable investment as the bloc moves towards the goal of carbon neutrality by 2050 EMMANUEL DUNAND AFP/File 4 min
Paris (AFP)
Oil giant BP is pushing the European Union to weaken what qualifies as a sustainable energy source, which could make it more challenging for the bloc to meet its net-zero emissions goal, an industry watchdog told AFP.
The European Commission will publish Wednesday a green taxonomy classification system defining what constitutes as sustainable investment as the EU moves towards carbon neutrality by 2050.
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Sep 12, 2018 @ 09:00
Nearly all of the world’s largest 200 industrial companies have directly or indirectly opposed climate policy since the landmark Paris Agreement was signed three years ago, according to new research.
Analysis by InfluenceMap, a UK-based think tank, examined the lobbying activities of 200 of the world’s biggest companies and 75 of the most powerful trade groups and the links between them since December 2015.
It found that 30 percent of all companies analysed have directly lobbied against climate policy in the last three years and that 90 percent of them retain membership to trade associations which have actively opposed climate policy around the world.
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