Clearer green-finance rules for defense find support in EU Parliament
By Fanny Roux ( October 23, 2025, 15:49 GMT | Insight) -- Clearer green-finance reporting rules for the defense sector have found support in the European Parliament, a non-binding draft report of the Economic Affairs Committee shows. Conservative EU lawmaker Johan Van Overtveldt is urging the European Commission to clarify the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation for “conventional defense activities,” aiming to ease the funding barriers that SMEs face. This stance signals potential support from lawmakers for the commission’s legal proposal to clarify the SFDR, expected on Nov. 19.Clearer green-finance reporting rules for the defense sector have found support in the European Parliament, a non-binding draft report of the Economic Affairs Committee shows....
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