Publications

• Policy Brief, Sustainability Risks and Opportunities

  PB 6/2022: The first ECB bottom-up climate stress test: dealing with data gaps and methodological challenges

  The ECB’s “SSM Climate risk stress test,” published in July 2022, provides an important step toward integrating climate change related risks into the banking system.…

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• Policy Brief, Sustainability Reporting, Sustainability Risks and Opportunities

  PB 5/2022: Standardized stress test scenario can improve climate risk reporting

  More and more countries, regions, cities, companies, and financial institutions are defining climate neutrality as a strategic goal. So far, however, it is not possible…

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• Policy Brief, Sustainability Reporting

  PB 4/2022: Key observations about the open EU consultation on the functioning of the EU ESG ratings market

  The European Commission has launched a consultation on the functioning of the ESG ratings market in the European Union and on the consideration of ESG…

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• Policy Brief, Sustainability Reporting

  PB 3/2022: Raising transparency through TCFD-aligned climate reporting

  The availability of consistent and comparable climate-related information is a decisive factor in considering the effects of climate change for business and investment decisions. The…

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• Policy Brief, Sustainability Reporting

  PB 2/2022: Closing the transparency gap: Germany’s G7 presidency is an opportunity to promote sustainability reporting internationally

  The German G7 presidency presents the opportunity to advance a central pillar of sustainable finance at the international level: mandatory disclosure of ESG risks and…

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