No collapswashing

What is currently happening in Brussels under the guise of regulatory simplification is being presented as something technical and logical. Less regulatory pressure, more competitiveness. A series of so-called omnibus bills are intended to streamline legislation. Reporting obligations are being limited and reassessments of raw materials postponed. It sounds like administrative efficiency. In Washington, things are moving even faster: Trump is dismantling the basis for climate laws while the world continues to warm up. The framing is the same: rules slow down businesses, and a slowed-down business community makes us poor. But that reasoning assumes something that is not true: that everyone wants the same thing from the market.

Terwijl grote banken onder politieke druk hun klimaatambities afzwakken, kiest duurzame pionier Triodos Bank resoluut voor de planeet en stapt uit de Net-Zero Banking Alliance. Winstbejag prevaleert kennelijk boven de noodzakelijke urgentie in de strijd tegen de klimaatcrisis.