• 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 cost of investing sustainably

    Which role do fees play in sustainable investment decisions?

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    Standardizing transition plans

    Standardized net zero scenarios for comparable and credible transition plans

     

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    Putting MiFID II into practice

    Field study shows that advisors frequently fail to query sustainability preferences of retail investors.

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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

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    PB 3/2025: Towards Granular Climate Transparency in Mutual Funds: Informing the SFDR Review

    Climate-oriented mutual funds apply heterogeneous climate approaches, from Paris Alignment and CO₂ reduction targets to SDG13 and EU Taxonomy orientation, each linked to different investment…

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    PB 6/2024: Why Do Investors Pay Higher Fees for Sustainable Investments? The role of financial literacy

    The growing supply of sustainable investments, along with increased media attention and EU regulations (like the MiFID II amendments of 20211 and the introduction of…

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    PB 5/2024: Biodiversity and Financial Risk Assessments

    The rapid loss of biodiversity is threatening the ecosystem services that many industries rely on, also posing significant risks to financial institutions and the overall…

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    PB 4/2024: Does MiFID II enable private investors to invest sustainably?

    MiFID II is a comprehensive regulatory framework aimed at increasing transparency and oversight in the European financial markets, improving investor protection, and preventing market abuse.…

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    PB 2/2024: Enhancing Comparability and Credibility of Transition Plans and Transition Risk Assessment with Standardized Net Zero Scenarios

    Transition plans by non-financial and financial corporates can fulfill  two central purposes: they can facilitate strategic planning towards net zero 2050 while also helping detect…

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Events

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    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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