The European Ombudsman has formally questioned the European Commission's handling of recent proposals aimed at scaling back corporate sustainability requirements, raising concerns over transparency and procedural compliance.
The Romanian Competition Council announced its analysis of the deal through which Greece's Public Power Corporation (PPC) plans to acquire the operators of the Fântânele-Cogealac wind farm.
The Commission has adopted four guidance documents to help EU countries transpose and implement revised renewable energy and energy efficiency directives into national law.
The updated Directive on industrial and livestock rearing emissions entered into force on 4 August, revising the former Industrial Emissions Directive (IED).
The European Commission welcomed the final adoption of the Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA), setting the EU on a path to boost domestic manufacturing of key clean technologies.
The European Critical Raw Materials Act came into effect, aiming to ensure a diverse, secure, and sustainable supply of critical raw materials for the EU's industry.
EU Commission announced that two Chinese-owned renewable energy developers have pulled out from a public tender to build a solar photovoltaic park in Romania.
The European Commission has approved the registration of a European Citizens' Initiative titled ‘Save the Planet by shifting taxation from labour to greenhouse gas emissions.
European Parliament embraced plans aimed at facilitating the incorporation of renewable and low-carbon gases, notably hydrogen, into the European Union's gas market.
DSV – Global Transport and Logistics, the world's largest logistics operator, has launched a solar installation at its warehouse in Łozienica, Poland, in partnership with commercial real estate investor Accolade. The installation will meet the energy needs of Poland's first multi-client warehouse equipped with an AutoStore system.
Etem Gestamp, the Sofia-based joint venture between Viohalco Group and Spain's Gestamp Group focused on aluminium extrusion and processing for the automotive industry, and Rezolv Energy, the Actis-backed independent power producer, have signed a 10-year virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) in Bulgaria. The VPPA will see Etem Gestamp buy electricity from Rezolv Energy's 461MW 'Vifor' wind farm, which is about to come onstream in Buzău County, Romania. It is the first cross-border wind PPA that has been publicly announced in Bulgaria.
DP World has launched a five-year coastal restoration programme to create underwater "forests" of native seaweed to boost marine life near the Constanța South Container Terminal on the Black Sea.
Microsoft has achieved its goal of matching 100% of its annual global electricity consumption with renewable energy, reaching the milestone five years ahead of its 2025 target. The achievement supports the company's commitment to become carbon negative by 2030.
The recent weakening of the CSRD may have some real estate developers cheering the compliance rollbacks, but the consequences could be complicated. A new research survey examines how EU real estate firms are navigating changes to the CSRD, and what that could mean for upcoming SFDR revisions.