The Sustainable Finance Research Platform is a joint project involving five German research institutions.
With their independent research, the project partners aim to support stakeholders in politics, the financial sector, and the real economy in understanding and shaping the central role of capital markets in achieving a net-zero economy.
Publications
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Scientific publication
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management: Physical climate risk and the pricing of bank loans
This paper analyses how physical climate risk affects the pricing of loans. Using a global dataset of almost 86,000 syndicated bank loans, we find that…
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Policy Brief
PB 1/2026: Assessing Company Impact
Assessing positive and negative impacts at the company level is central for impact investors, but company impact assessment tools lack precise methods and reliable information…
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International Review of Financial Analysis: The performance of low-carbon equity funds
This study examines the performance of low-carbon equity funds by gaining a better understanding of what drove past performance, what opportunity costs arose from higher…
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The Review of Financial Economics: Measuring the performance of government bond portfolios with index-based level, slope, and curvature factors
This paper introduces a three-factor interest rate risk model to improve the measurement of active bond fund performance. Traditional models assume a linear relationship between…
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Energy Policy: EU power market reform toward locational pricing: Rewarding flexible consumers for resolving transmission constraints
The ongoing expansion of wind and solar electricity generation alongside increasing electrification is leading to a considerable strain on transmission capacities and grid bottlenecks in…
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Events
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Past events
On the Road to Net Zero: Enhancing Transition Risk Assessment with Bank Transition Plans?
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Advancing Net-Zero? The Role of Sustainable Finance Taxonomies Worldwide
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Sustainable Finance & Biodiversity: State of Play, Challenges and Solutions
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The evolution of ethical forms of investment: An integrative systematic review of responsible, ethical, social, sustainable and impact investment
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