Sustainable investments
Confronted with ongoing climate change, states, companies, and investors are under pressure to invest in structural transformation. Sustainability criteria should already be considered in the investment process. How can capital flows be aligned with the necessary economic restructuring?
Research topics:
- Sustainable financial products
- Green bonds
- Sustainability labels
- Impact investing
- Impact measurement
- Divestment
- Shareholder engagement and stewardship
- Sustainable financial market policy
- Investment incentives
- International climate finance
Publications
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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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Policy Brief
PB 10/2021: Equity portfolio divestment leads to lower CO2 emissions
To achieve climate goals, financial flows must be redirected from climate-damaging to climate-friendly economic activities. A key approach is divestment, i.e., the systematic sale of…
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News
More than ‘green’ and ‘brown’: How sustainable finance can enable the transition
Kerstin Lopatta appointed to the EFRAG Sustainability Reporting Board
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