EDFI welcomes the Commissions review of the Taxonomy Climate and Environmental Delegated Acts, aimed at simplifying the TSC, addressing implementation challenges and improving usability. While the review focuses primarily on the workability of the TSC, EDFI considers it important to highlight that these criteria interact with wider structural issues - such as the GAR framework and the lack of mandatory EU-aligned…
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European Development Finance Institutions (EDFI)
Industry association · Belgium · EU Transparency Register 410540760-32
6
positions filed
in the 665 files tracked
6
legislative files
of 665 tracked
5
with a full position paper
attached to a submission
Counts here are a floor, never a total: they cover the 665 consultation files tracked so far (57,774 submissions, mostly 2021–26), so an organization's real filing history is larger, not smaller.
Who they are
Among the 1518 trade and business associations on this site, they rank #579 by legislative files engaged, a count of participation, not a measure of influence.
4.5
declared lobbying FTE
self-declared
€700K+
declared costs / yr (floor)
3
EP accreditations
as declared to the register
2008
in the register since
Declares membership of
- Friends of Europe, Forum Europa
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 14 Oct 2026).
- Register category
- Trade and business associations
- Registered as
- European Development Finance Institutions (EDFI)
- Head office
- Brussels, Belgium
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 14 Oct 2026); cost bands are floors, not audited totals. Reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.
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Their record over time
European Development Finance Institutions (EDFI) filed 6 positions between 23 May 2022 and 14 Apr 2026, across 6 of the 665 legislative files tracked here, attaching a full position paper 5 times.
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What they argued
23 May 2022 Ref. Ares(2022)3882171 - 23/05/2022 Ensuring the Contribution of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive to Sustainable Investments in Low- and Middle-Income Countries EDFI’s Comments on the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence (CSDD) Proposal Promoting Corporate Sustainability As long-standing impact investors and ESG pioneers, European Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) very much…
Opening of the attached position paper · the full paper is on the Commission’s record (source link above)
While this call for feedback focuses on the revision of the Technical Screening Criteria (TSC), EDFI considers that the impact of any TSC improvements for EMDE investments also depends on two related enabling factors: (i) the current design of Taxonomy-related main KPI (the Green Asset Ratio - GAR) and (ii) persistent data gaps for nonEU counterparties.
This position paper outlines (i) the elements European Development Finance Institutions (EDFI) who comprise the EDFI Association support and (ii) the key adjustments required to ensure SFDR 2.0 truly becomes a practical, globally applicable and transition-enabling framework capable of supporting high-impact investment in EMDE markets.
EDFIs call for greater consistency and proportionality in the application of the Do No Significant Harm principle across EU budgetary and regulatory frameworks, including through mutual recognition between regimes, to avoid duplicative assessments while ensuring a context sensitive approach to EU external action. What we are recommending on Do No Significant Harm (DNSH).
The European Union faces a geopolitical environment characterised by shifting alliances, contested norms, weaponised dependencies and systemic global challenges. This break from the post WWII multilateral order requires Europe not to retreat, but to become far more strategic in shaping its global position. The EU can shape its long term role through five mutually reinforcing avenues: 1.
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