Leaked email warns new EU green reporting rules could cause reputational damage to EIB

New EU rules put greater responsibility on firms to generate and share sustainability reports.

A leaked email from senior management within the European Investment Bank (EIB) has warned that new EU green reporting requirements this year could seriously damage the bank’s climate-friendly credentials.

The FT has reported it has seen the leaked email from EIB’s head of operations Jean-Christophe Laloux, which was sent to

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