Analysis

March 13, 2025

EU's Omnibus proposal: How will it affect European carbon accounting startups?


Mimi Billing

6 min read

Lubomila Jordanova, CEO and cofounder of Plan A

Aiming to make homegrown businesses more competitive, the European Commission is pushing to introduce a wide-ranging “Omnibus package”, promising to streamline and simplify existing sustainability reporting and due diligence rules.

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Mimi Billing

Mimi Billing is Sifted's Europe editor, based in Stockholm. She covers the Nordics and can be found on X and LinkedIn

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