• Publication

    Physical Cliamte Risk and Bank Loans

    An article published in the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management analyses the effect of firms’ exposure to phyiscal cliamte risk on the pricing of bank loans.

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    The performance of low-carbon equity funds

    In an article published in the International Review of Financial Analysis, researchers of the SFRP analyse the performance of low-carbon equity funds.

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  • Policy Brief

    Assessing Company Impact

    Policy Brief 1/2026 examines the current state and future direction of company impact assessment.

  • Policy Brief

    Climate Transparency in Mutual Funds

    Policy Brief 3/2025 summarizes key findings from a recent empirical study on 622 European climate-oriented mutual funds, which identifies four dominant climate strategies and analyzes their relationship with specific climate metrics and financial performance.

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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.

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Publications

  • 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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  • Scientific publication

    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

  • Past events

    On the Road to Net Zero: Enhancing Transition Risk Assessment with Bank Transition Plans?

    Date: 20. May 2025 Place: At DIW Berlin & virtually via Teams Type: Berlin Seminar on Energy, Climate Policy and Sustainable Finance

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    Advancing Net-Zero? The Role of Sustainable Finance Taxonomies Worldwide

    Date: 18. July 2024 Place: Zoom Type: Berlin Seminar

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    Sustainable Finance & Biodiversity: State of Play, Challenges and Solutions 

    Date: 31. January 2024 Place: Federal Ministry of Finance Type: SFB-Conference

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    The evolution of ethical forms of investment: An integrative systematic review of responsible, ethical, social, sustainable and impact investment

    Date: 15. June 2023 Place: online via MS Teams Type: Sustainable Finance Brown-Bag Seminar

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