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Our planet must remain livable and the financial industry plays a key role in securing its future: financial flows must be re-oriented from environmentally harmful activities to a sustainable economy.

Financial regulation, alongside other policies, should ensure private finance becomes an enabler of sustainable transition. This requires:

  • Transparency and corporate governance reforms to ensure real-world outcomes and prevent greenwashing.
  • Robust risk management and adequate capital levels of financial institutions to make them resilient, ensure a “safe transition” and avoid a climate-driven financial crisis.
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113 PUBLICATIONS

Consultation response

04/08/2022

Sustainable Finance

Response to the EBA Discussion Paper on Environmental Risks in the Prudential Framework
Open letter

07/07/2022

Sustainable Finance

Open letter: banks and insurers must account for climate risk

In the open letter below, sent to policymakers in the European Parliament, Finance Watch and 13 partners call to include mandatory transition plans and capital requirements for climate-related risks in their review...
Consultation response

07/07/2022

Sustainable Finance

Response to the FSB Consultation on Supervisory and Regulatory Approaches to Climate-related Risks
Report

30/06/2022

Sustainable Finance

Report – The Problem Lies in the Net: Making Finance contribute to a Net Zero Economy

In a report published on June 22, Finance Watch proposes concrete policy measures to make the concept of “net-zero” meaningful, drive progress to net-zero in the real world and harness the stewardship...
Consultation response

09/06/2022

Sustainable Finance

Response to consultation on the functioning of the ESG ratings market and on the consideration of ESG factors in credit ratings
Consultation response

08/06/2022

Sustainable Finance

Comments on the FDIC statement of principles for climate-related financial risk management
Consultation response

18/05/2022

Sustainable Finance

Response to consultation on IDD guidelines for sustainability preferences in suitability assessment
Joint statement

16/03/2022

Sustainable Finance

Joint statement – European Parliament leaves SMEs out of CSRD scope

In the joint statement below, Finance Watch raises the alarm on the European Parliament JURI committee’s intention to leave SMEs out of the scope of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD).
Position paper

07/03/2022

Sustainable Finance

Joint NGOs and consumer recommendations for minimum criteria for Art. 8 & 9 products under SFDR

This paper sets out recommendations put forward jointly by a group of NGOs and consumer organisations on the minimum criteria for products with ESG characteristics (so called Article 8 products), as well...
Consultation response

04/03/2022

Sustainable Finance

Feedback on OCC Principles for Climate-Related Financial Risk Management for Large Banks
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Sustainable Finance

Level:Beginner

20.06.2025

How the Omnibus proposal sets the foundation for a deregulation agenda

Sustainable Finance

Level:Regular

31.03.2025

Climate risk and insurance: a small step forward, but is it enough?

Sustainable Finance

Level:Regular

25.03.2025

Unprepared, the financial system will triple people’s bills for climate change
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