As discovered by EURACTIV, the European Commission has been forced to delay the publication of detailed rules for implementing the European Union’s Sustainable Finance Taxonomy due to a very high volume of feedback received, as well as the significant threat that member states in the EU’s eastern and southern regions could veto the document.

Officials from the responsible EU authorities published the draft document on 20 November, declaring it the "world’s first green document" aimed at encouraging private investment in the "green" economy.