Opposition to Simplification of EU Green Investment Rules

by name voted on 17.12.2025

Summary

This motion objects to new European Commission rules intended to simplify how companies report on environmentally sustainable activities, arguing they could lead to greenwashing.

10 17.12.2025

Resolution

finance

environment

european union

public administration

business and competition

Key points

The motion objects to the narrowing of the list of hazardous substances used to determine environmental safety.
The introduction of materiality thresholds allows companies to potentially exclude harmful activities from their sustainability reports.
Financial institutions may be allowed to delay detailed environmental disclosures until the end of 2027.
There are concerns regarding the unfair treatment of local government exposures in bank green asset calculations.

Vote

PPE

S&D

PfE

ECR

Renew

Verts/ALE

The Left

NI

ESN

Total

Documents (PDFs)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Commission delegated regulation of 4 July 2025 amending Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2178 as regards the simplification of the content and presentation of information to be disclosed concerning environmentally sustainable activities and Commission Delegated Regulations (EU) 2021/2139 and (EU) 2023/2486 as regards simplification of certain technical screening criteria for determining whether economic activities cause no significant harm to environmental objectives

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