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EU Lawmakers Push for Stricter Bond Rules to Avoid Greenwashing

  • Legislator’s draft report wants issuers on track to net zero
  • Omission of gas, nuclear could have implications for taxonomy
    
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European Union legislators are looking to tighten the region’s planned green bond standards and make it harder for issuers of environmentally-friendly debt to overstate their promises to investors.