by Beri Retief | Apr 13, 2026
Executive Summary IOGP Europe welcomes the European Commission’s draft Delegated Act (DA) amending the Climate Delegated Act and supports its objective of “ensuring that the Technical Screening Criteria (TSC) remain clear, coherent and workable in practice while...
by Beri Retief | Dec 8, 2025
IOGP Europe welcomes the review of the Climate and Environmental Delegated Acts. We support the Commission’s objective to simplify the EU Taxonomy in line with the Competitiveness Compass and the Omnibus I simplification package, and we provide evidence focused on...
by Beri Retief | Apr 3, 2025
IOGP Europe welcomes the opportunity to provide input on the proposed amendments to the Taxonomy Delegated Acts. We believe that simplifying and making reporting more cost-effective for companies is a crucial step towards fostering sustainable economic growth and...
by Gabrielle Lelièvre | Feb 15, 2024
The Stakeholder Request Mechanism is the tool launched by the Platform on Sustainable Finance (PSF) to overall improve the usability of the Taxonomy Regulation. IOGP Europe provided its feedback to the questionnaire by proposing both: Potential new activities to be...
by Gabrielle Lelièvre | Jun 13, 2023
The EU Taxonomy needs simpler rules to foster low-carbon investments and reflect sustainability efforts. (Brussels, 7 June 2023) The design of the EU Taxonomy framework makes it challenging for oil and gas companies to effectively implement and comply with Taxonomy...
by Gabrielle Lelièvre | May 15, 2023
This document provides IOGP’s input to the EU Commission’s public consultation on the so-called ‘Taxonomy Package’ including: Delegated Act on 4 environmental objectives (Taxo4); A revision of the Climate Delegated Acts; A revision of the Disclosure Delegated Act....
by mcwebmaster | Oct 12, 2021
September 2021 This document provides IOGP’s feedback to the draft report on preliminary recommendations for technical screening criteria for the EU taxonomy, by the Platform on Sustainable Finance. The Platform brings together expertise on sustainability from the...
by Gabrielle Lelièvre | Jul 16, 2020
The part-two of this series of webinars updated participants on the recently adopted EU Taxonomy Regulation, which covers non-financial disclosures for large businesses, including oil and gas companies, and provides a clear set of rules and criteria against which...
by Gabrielle Lelièvre | Sep 16, 2019
In March 2018, the European Commission published its action plan on financing sustainable growth, followed in May 2018 by a proposal for a regulation on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment (taxonomy regulation). In July 2018, the...
by Beri Retief | Feb 5, 2025
In February 2025, IOGP Europe submitted its response to the EU Platform on Sustainable Finance’s consultation on the review of the Taxonomy Climate Delegated Act. This consultation aims to refine the technical screening criteria for economic activities included in the...
by Gabrielle Lelièvre | Feb 3, 2022
By including gas in the EU Taxonomy Complementary Delegated Act, the Commission has underlined the importance of financing investments into gas-fired power and heat plants as a key tool in decarbonizing the EU economy. However, the International Association of Oil...
by Gabrielle Lelièvre | Jun 3, 2021
FuelsEurope and IOGP appreciate the EU’s efforts to establish a sustainable finance framework that mobilises private funds to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and environmental impacts. Corporate reporting plays an important role in this endeavour. Our industries...
by Gabrielle Lelièvre | Dec 18, 2020
This document provides IOGP’s response to the Consultation Paper on the Draft advice to European Commission under Article 8 of the Taxonomy Regulation. Context IOGP recognises and is supportive of the need for transparency on issues related to climate change...
by Gabrielle Lelièvre | Aug 19, 2018
Views of the upstream oil and gas industry and recommendations on sustainable finance in the context of the 2018 discussions on the European Commission’s proposal for a Regulation on taxonomy. Key Points Establish a flexible approach towards defining...
by Beri Retief | Oct 9, 2025
IOGP Europe welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback to the call for evidence on the General Block Exemption Regulation (GBER), in the context of its general revision. Overall, we consider that GBER’s objectives and provisions are a good step towards the Union’s...
by Beri Retief | Jun 3, 2025
Omnibus Simplification Package – How simplification can drive ambition, reduce burden, and strengthen Europe’s competitiveness To: Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament, Donald Tusk, Polish Prime Minister, current presidencies of the...
by Beri Retief | May 20, 2025
IOGP Europe welcomes the European Commission’s first Omnibus Simplification Package as a long-overdue step toward a more coherent and investment-friendly regulatory environment. Simplification doesn’t mean lowering ambition—it means tackling fragmentation, complexity,...
by Beri Retief | Jan 27, 2025
IOGP Europe strongly supports the European Commission’s commitment to simplifying and reducing reporting and compliance obligations by 25%, as outlined by President von der Leyen in March 2023 and reaffirmed in the Budapest Declaration of November 2024. The EU faces...
by Gabrielle Lelièvre | Aug 26, 2021
This document provides IOGP’s feedback to the first draft report on a proposal for a social taxonomy, published by the Platform on Sustainable Finance. The Platform brings together expertise on sustainability from the corporate and public sector, from industry as well...
by Gabrielle Lelièvre | Aug 26, 2021
This document provides IOGP’s feedback to the first draft proposal for an extended taxonomy to support economic transition, published by the Platform on Sustainable Finance. The Platform brings together expertise on sustainability from the corporate and public sector,...
by Gabrielle Lelièvre | Sep 10, 2020
This document provides IOGP’s input to the Impact Inception Assessment on the European Commission’s Delegated Regulation on taxonomy-related disclosures by undertakings reporting non-financial information. Context Reporting on taxonomy-compliant...
by Gabrielle Lelièvre | Sep 4, 2020
This document provides IOGP’s response to the consultation paper laying out the proposed Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) on content, methodologies and presentation of disclosures under the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR). Context ...
by Gabrielle Lelièvre | May 6, 2020
This document provides IOGP’s initial feedback to the Taxonomy, “Final report of the Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance”. Key Points The EU Taxonomy should be inclusive and allow all sectors and technologies/activities that can contribute to...
by Gabrielle Lelièvre | Apr 28, 2020
This document lays out FuelsEurope and IOGP’s response to the inception impact assessment “Commission Delegated Regulation on a climate change mitigation and adaptation taxonomy”. IOGP and FuelsEurope welcome the EU’s efforts to establish a sustainable finance...
by Beri Retief | Feb 7, 2025
Context A well-integrated energy market is key to affordable energy, price stability, and economic competitiveness. To achieve this, the Single Market Strategy 2025 must focus on infrastructure development, technology neutrality, faster permitting, and regional...
by mcwebmaster | Oct 20, 2021
Sustainable Finance & Corporate Reporting As climate and environmental challenges continue to gain attention across the globe, investors are increasingly asking for more sustainable financial products and projects, and greater transparency as to how and where...
by Gabrielle Lelièvre | Jul 20, 2020
IPIECA and IOGP organised a two-part webinar series on Sustainable Finance. Changes to the energy system in line with the Paris Agreement, the drive toward a net-zero emissions future by 2050 and the increasing demand for energy, particularly in developing countries,...
by Gabrielle Lelièvre | Dec 12, 2023
IOGP Europe supports the European Commission’s consultation aimed at identifying and streamlining reporting requirements in numerous EU legislations. This is in line with what was announced in the speech of the President of the European Commission, Ursula Von der...
by Gabrielle Lelièvre | Oct 19, 2020
For the attention of: Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Council Charles Michel, Presidency of the Council of the EU, Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy Peter Altmaier Copies: Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans,...
