Tag: sustainable finance

Greenwashing in sustainable finance

How the EU’s simplification agenda opens the door for greenwashing in finance

The EU’s ‘Sustainability Omnibus’ loosens sustainability rules for big businesses, but it’s not too late to introduce necessary guardrails to prevent greenwashing explains Tom Redmond from BEUC’s Financial Services team.

/ September 16, 2025
A Santa dressed in green carrying a sleigh of recycled gifts

Green Santa is coming to town – a year clamping down on greenwashing

BEUC has been involved in fighting greenwashing for many years and 2023 was the year where we stepped up our game. We expanded our effort cross-teams, looking at different areas of consumers’ lives and how we can make them free...

Sustainability reporting: the fight for more transparency in how companies behave

Upcoming changes could bring some much needed transparency to corporate sustainability reporting. BEUC's sustainable finance expert, Julian Müller explains why it matters to consumers.

/ January 27, 2023

How I learned to love climate change

Climate change brings an opportunity: to change our financial system to one that focuses on the long-term broad interests of society as a whole, Kęstutis Kupšys argues.

/ January 27, 2020