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Empowering businesses to engage with sustainable finance and the SDGs

ACCA

 

EU and international experts discussed the recent Sustainable Finance Action Plan, business strategies and corporate reporting contribution  to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and sustainable finance objectives, at a multistakeholders conference in Brussels

EU must have control over supervision of euro clearing houses, say S&Ds

S&D - Socialists and Democrats
Today, S&D Euro MPs in the economic and monetary affairs committee backed proposals to strengthen the European supervision of central counterparty clearing houses on the financial markets.
 
S&D Group spokesperson on economic and monetary affairs, Pervenche Berès MEP, said:
 
”The European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) was setup to reduce operational, counterparty and systemic risks, and therefore avoid collapses of the financial system.
 

S&Ds: EU-Western Balkans Summit in Sofia must confirm a credible enlargement perspective for the region

S&D - Socialists and Democrats
Socialists and Democrats call on the EU heads of states to use the opportunity of the summit in Sofia to confirm a credible accession perspective for the Western Balkan countries. We must speak a clear language: the EU wants the Western Balkans to be a part of our family as soon as the accession criteria are met.
 

Progressives win fight for greater transparency in EU decision making

S&D - Socialists and Democrats
S&D MEPs today joined forces with other progressive groups in the European Parliament’s legal affairs committee to block conservative and liberal attempts to make EU decision making less transparent.
 

S&D president calls for avoiding further loss of life in Gaza

S&D - Socialists and Democrats
The S&D Group calls for an immediate end to violence and condemns the loss of Palestinian lives in the Gaza Strip. About 60 Palestinians were killed and more than two thousands injured amid clashes with Israeli forces on the Gaza border yesterday. 
 
S&D Group president Udo Bullmann said:
 

Study highlights sound primary energy factor approach needed to inform consumers on the real efficiency of heaters

COGEN Europe

2018 Conference reconfirms EucoLight commitment to making the Circular Economy a reality for lighting equipment

EucoLight - European Association of Lighting WEEE Compliance Schemes

70 delegates from 18 lighting WEEE compliance schemes meet for the EucoLight annual conference

The third EucoLight Conference at Sassenheim, the Netherlands, gathered 70 delegates from the community of producers’ responsibility organisations for lighting.  Delegates discussed the latest developments in collection and treatment of end-of-life lighting products as the transition towards a circular economy in the sector gathers pace. 

S&Ds – We're not loving it! Revelation of McDonald's tax practices show need for real EU action

S&D - Socialists and Democrats
Following a report by a coalition of trade unions on McDonald's tax practices, leading members of the S&D Group have renewed their call for urgent reform of how multinational companies report and pay their taxes in Europe.
 
In a joint statement S&D Group vice-president Jeppe Kofod, spokesperson on economic and monetary affairs, Pervenche Berès, and spokesperson for the Parliament's special committee on tax, Peter Simon MEP said: 
 

Zentralverband des Deutschen Handwerks

S&Ds congratulate the people of Malaysia on historic election outcome

S&D - Socialists and Democrats
Following the historic result of the parliamentary elections in Malaysia, the S&D Group in the European Parliament congratulates the opposition alliance led by former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on their victory, which represents the first change in power since independence 61 years ago. 
 
S&D vice-president Victor Boștinaru said:
 

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