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To address regulatory uncertainty in the transition period following the publication of the Omnibus Package on Sustainability, in this letter to the European Commission, we suggest the adoption of formal forbearance measures.

In this letter to the European Commission we highlight the private equity and venture capital industry's suggestions surrounding the upcoming Omnibus Sustainability Package including the CSRD, CSDDD, and the Taxonomy.

In this letter to the European Commission, we outline our perspectives on the Platform on Sustainable Finance’s paper regarding product categorisation under SFDR (2.0).

This preliminary paper outlines interpretations that Invest Europe member firms might adopt when applying the new EU ESG Ratings Regulation in the alternative asset management context.

In this note, Invest Europe highlights a critical drafting issue in Article 6 of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), which creates inconsistency in the obligations that parent companies can fulfil on behalf of their subsidiaries.

In this letter, we set out the PE/VC industry's views on the final ESMA Fund Names Guidelines that were published in May 2024. Our primary concern remains that the Guidelines do not include adequate grandfathering provisions exempting closed-ended funds.

Response to the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group's (EFRAG's) consultation on a voluntary reporting standard for non-listed SMEs.

Over the past five years there has been a considerable increase in legal and regulatory initiatives put forward by the European Union to connect finance with sustainability and to tackle the climate crisis.

In this letter to the European Commission, we express the PE/VC industry's concerns about the ESAs Final Report on the SFDR Draft RTS.

This webinar offered members a comprehensive update on the EU SFDR and its implementing measures, and the forthcoming ESMA Guidelines on Funds' Names.

In this letter, we express our concerns about the envisaged changes to the final Guidelines on the use of ESG and sustainability-related terms in funds’ names.

Invest Europe took the opportunity to provide our thinking on certain specific areas of EFRAG’s draft implementation guidance on value chain. In this comment letter, we focused inter alia on the lack of legal certainty about what is required from investors with regard to corporate value chains.

In our comprehensive submission, which comprises a formal response via the online form and an accompanying conceptual note, Invest Europe outlines the industry's views on a potential future SFDR regime and highlights the main priorities from a PE/VC/infrastructure perspective.

In the coming months the European Commission is about to commence a comprehensive assessment of the SFDR framework. In this paper, we ask the ESAs to hold their pen and to ensure that any changes to the SFDR Delegated Regulation, including the list of PAI indicators, are tied as closely as possible to existing requirements in other regimes.

The CS3D proposal, developed by the Commission primarily with large non-financial companies in mind, still does not cater appropriately for investment firms in relation to their investment activities. It does not acknowledge a fundamental principle of company law: investors, as shareholders in a company do not systematically manage the businesses that they invest in. This paper outlines the core issues that policymakers need to resolve before agreeing on the final version of the Directive.