*[Enwl-eng] Fw: URGENT - Sign open letter to support 5 key points in EU Sustainable Finance Taxonomy

Mon Oct 28 16:50:46 MSK 2019

Dear all,

This is just a quick reminder to please consider signing the open letter, if 
you can, and to inform any partner organisations of this letter. The 
official deadline for signatures is the 30th of October, though do please 
still send us your signatures after that date as we will try to insert 
them - the purpose is to have a letter that becomes a living document.

Please do not hesitate to let me know if I can help in any way.

Best,

Henry

On Wed, Oct 23, 2019 at 3:33 PM Henry Eviston <heviston at wwf.eu> wrote:

    Dear all,

  Following our successful first letter on ten points for the EU sustainable 
finance taxonomy, we are asking for your support again by signing another 
letter on a crucial part of the taxonomy process.

  What's happening?

  Tomorrow, 23rd of October, is the first day of negotiations amongst the 
European Commission, European Parliament, and European Council on the EU 
Taxonomy legal text. These negotiations always happen before any EU proposal 
becomes EU law.

  They are crucial because, after this phase, the legal text can no longer 
be changed. This really is our last chance to make a serious impact on the 
rules governing the EU taxonomy.

  What's the problem?

  As you can imagine, hundreds of lobbyists for banks, insurers, gas, 
nuclear, bioenergy, farming etc are also jumping at this last chance to 
influence the taxonomy. They're having some big successes: you may have 
heard, for example, that France and others have made sure the EU Council 
stated it was in favour of nuclear power.

  We need to react and support our own 'champions'. This means making sure 
the Parliament team, which is being led by a Green MEP, as well as the more 
progressive EU countries, have all the support they can get.

  We have therefore written a short letter with five key points: strong 
disclosure requirements, quick timeline, strong social safeguards, 
scientific criteria, a taxonomy of unsustainable activities. We plan to send 
it to EU finance ministers, Members of the European Parliament, and EU 
Commissioners.

  What can I do?

  1. We ask that you read this letter and inform us whether you can sign 
with your name and logo.
  2. Please spread the word to other partner organisations - as many as 
possible!
  3. Please let us know if you could help to spread the letter on social 
media - graphics and suggested tweets will be provided soon

  How do I sign on?

  Please reply to heviston at wwf.eu.

  Please provide:

  1. Organisation Name,
      Person Name, Position
  2. Organisation Logo

  An example of a signature, which you will find in the letter, is:

  WWF European Policy Office,
  Ester Asín, CEO

  Please do not hesitate to write to me if you have any questions. Thank you 
for your support so far!

  Best,

  Henry

  On Fri, Sep 13, 2019 at 6:20 PM Henry Eviston <heviston at wwf.eu> wrote:

    Dear all,

    Please note that the attached is the correct document.

    Kind regards,

    Henry

    On Fri, Sep 13, 2019 at 6:15 PM Henry Eviston <heviston at wwf.eu> wrote:

      Dear all,

      Thank you for your patience over the last few days, as we have sent 
many emails. Please note that this is still a living document, so any 
signatures from your contacts are still welcome. Feel free to circulate the 
document accordingly.

      Signatories should reply to heviston at wwf.eu with their name, position 
and organisation name.

      Below is a brief update on communication.

      Message: Please note that this is the key message: '50 NGOs from 16 
countries have signed a statement (note: not an open letter) highlighting 
ten points they consider crucial for the EU taxonomy. This is to improve the 
technical work and to prevent conservative lobbies, such as gas and nuclear, 
from weakening the taxonomy'

      Media: The Ten Points Statement will go live on Monday morning. This 
means it will appear on WWF EU's website and it will be included in a Monday 
newsletter by Politico Europe. It has also been sent to journalists at 
Euractiv and ENDS Europe, two other EU publications.

      Twitter: We will be tweeting about it from our WWF EU Twitter page. On 
Monday morning, we will send suggested tweets to this group so you can 
promote it through your channels, too. We would encourage you to do that if 
you can.

      Logos and quotes: We are unable, unfortunately, to use the logos and 
quotes some of you have sent - we just have not managed to put them together 
properly.

      Please find the text attached for you to send to your media contacts 
alongside your reactions and quotes.

      Please let me know if there is anything I can do for you. Thank you 
again for your patience.

      Best,

      Henry

      -- 

      HENRY EVISTON | Sustainable Finance Policy Assistant |

      WWF European Policy Office |

      123 rue du Commerce,1000 Brussels, Belgium |

      EU Transparency Register Nr: 1414929419-24 |

      Mobile: +44 770 602 5686 |

      www.wwf.eu |

    -- 

    HENRY EVISTON | Sustainable Finance Policy Assistant |

    WWF European Policy Office |

    123 rue du Commerce,1000 Brussels, Belgium |

    EU Transparency Register Nr: 1414929419-24 |

    Mobile: +44 770 602 5686 |

    www.wwf.eu |

  -- 

  HENRY EVISTON | Sustainable Finance Policy Assistant |

  WWF European Policy Office |

  123 rue du Commerce,1000 Brussels, Belgium |

  EU Transparency Register Nr: 1414929419-24 |

  Mobile: +44 770 602 5686 |

  www.wwf.eu |

-- 

HENRY EVISTON | Sustainable Finance Policy Assistant |

WWF European Policy Office |

123 rue du Commerce,1000 Brussels, Belgium |

EU Transparency Register Nr: 1414929419-24 |

Mobile: +44 770 602 5686 |

www.wwf.eu |

From: Henry Eviston
Sent: Monday, October 28, 2019 2:44 PM
Subject: Re: URGENT - Sign open letter to support 5 key points in EU 
Sustainable Finance Taxonomy

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