• Policy Brief

    Enhancing Comparability and Credibility of Transition Plans and Transition Risk Assessment with Standardized Net Zero Scenarios

    Policy Brief 2 / 2024

  • Policy Brief

    Climate Risks and the Cost of Debt: Why Climate Policy Matters

    Policy Brief 1 / 2024

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  • Media article

    „Greenhouse Gas Protocol: Asia-Pacific firms have work cut out on meeting climate-disclosure requirements, executive implementing standard says“

    Interview with Dr. Alexander Bassen

    Singapore

The Sustainable Finance Research Platform is a joint project involving five German research institutions that is funded by Stiftung Mercator.

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.

Partners of the Sustainable Finance Research Platform

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News

  • Singapore Media article

    „Greenhouse Gas Protocol: Asia-Pacific firms have work cut out on meeting climate-disclosure requirements, executive implementing standard says“

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  • News, Sustainability reporting

    Alexander Bassen leads GHG Protocol’s new Independent Standards Board

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  • News

    Invitation to the WPSF Research Seminar

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  • Media article

    More than ‘green’ and ‘brown’: How sustainable finance can enable the transition

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  • Publications

    • Policy Brief

      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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    • Policy Brief

      PB 1/2024: Climate Risks and the Cost of Debt: Why Climate Policy Matters

      Climate policy is key to achieving the required CO2 emission reductions for the transition towards a sustainable low-carbon economy. Climate policy causes direct and indirect…

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    • Policy Brief, Sustainability Risks and Opportunities

      PB 3/2023: Climate transition plans: State of play in EU legislation and policy recommendations

      Company transition plans (of real economy and financial market actors) have the potential to become a steering instrument for directing capital flows toward climate neutrality…

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    • Policy Brief

      PB 2/2023: The role of sustainable investments in the transformation: (further) education as a key element

      Sustainable investments can be an important building block in the transformation of the economy and society. There has recently been a growing interest in sustainable…

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    • Scientific publication

      Finance Research Letters: Rating changes revisited: New evidence on short-term ESG momentum

      Environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings are mainstream in sustainable finance. This paper provides important evidence on the effects of ESG rating changes on companies’…

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    Events

    • Past events

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

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

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    • Past events

      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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    • Past events

      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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    • Past events

      SRI Funds: Greenwashing and/or Impactwashing?

      Date: 07. June 2023 Place: online via MS Teams Type: Sustainable Finance Brown-Bag Seminar

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