After several years of expanding the EU sustainable finance framework, policymakers are now shifting focus towards making existing rules more practical and effective. INREV’s latest IQ article explores the ongoing reviews of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) and the EU Taxonomy, and what they mean for real estate investors.
As both frameworks enter a decisive phase, the emphasis is increasingly on simplifying requirements while ensuring they remain credible and decisionusefuluseful in practice.
Key highlights:
- The SFDR review proposes moving beyond Article 8 and 9 classifications towards a new system of sustainability categories, including a transition category relevant for real estate
- Political discussions are ongoing, with diverging views across the European Parliament and Council on key elements such as investor protection and transition product credibility
- The EU Taxonomy review focuses on simplifying how criteria are applied, improving consistency and reducing ambiguity without changing the core framework
- Practical challenges for real estate remain, including overlapping activities and complexity in applying certain criteria
- Final outcomes are still uncertain, but the direction is clear: making the framework more workable and aligned with investment practice
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