EU may ease off defense-industry aversion in lending rules

EU may ease off defense-industry aversion in lending rules

The bloc is debating language that would make arms companies eligible for lending schemes previously deemed incompatible with sustainability objectives.

Milwaukee Anti-war Committee Rallies Against Military Manufacturing in Wisconsin

As Wisconsin boosts its investment in military manufacturing, peace activists are pushing back.

Commission may ease sustainable investing criteria to boost weapons firms

Relaxing 'ESG' criteria for defence companies could free up more private investment in areas like ammunition production.

Kauppalehti visited the Nammo Lapua factory, where the defense boom is leading to massive recruitment.

In the future, it will be possible for the Capital Region of Denmark to invest in European arms-producing companies. This was agreed by a majority in the regional council in the region on Tuesday evening. Until now, there has been a zero-tolerance policy for investment in arms production, but due to a new world situation, politicians have seen it necessary to change the region's financial guidelines. This is according to regional council member …

The European Commission is considering reformulating sustainability rules to help European defense companies raise private financing and funds from investors, according to Euractiv. This could support arms manufacturers and other defense contractors, who have blamed the loss of significant private investment on environmental investment criteria, […] The article Commission could relax green investment criteria for defense companies first appeared…