Sustainability Becomes Part of Investment Advice: ESG – Mandatory or Optional?
Sustainability is becoming an integral part of the suitability test of investments. With the EU Action Plan on Financing Sustainable Growth, the EU has created binding rules for financial advisors. It also underlines its ambitions in the fight against climate change and sets a clear signal for the reallocation of cap ...
Posted on 13/12/21
Categorizing Building Certification Systems According to the Definition of Sustainable Building
There are several sustainable – "green" – building certifications schemes and great variation in how they are structured, evaluated, and weight social, environmental and economic dimensions. For the definition of "sustainable building certification", this paper from 2019 gives the three dimensions equal weight. Activ ...
Posted on 12/12/21
Special Issue : Business Strategies Concerning the Sustainable Development Goals and the SDG Compass
The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) call for companies to actively engage in the social, economic and environmental transformation process. Business contribution to the SDGs requires integrating the SDGs into their core competitive strategy, organizational culture, and business model. For this, companies must ...
Posted on 10/12/21
Adoption of EU Taxonomy Delegated Act Marks Milestone Opens New Chapter in EU’s Sustainability Efforts
The EU Taxonomy Delegated Act adopted on 9 December 2021 contains the technical screening criteria (“TSC”) for climate change adaptation and mitigation under the EU Taxonomy Regulation. The TSC is key in the EU’s transition to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 and in guiding investment to environmentally sustainable e ...
Posted on 09/12/21
SDGs: Top Trumps of Sustainable Finance?
Private finance is essential for meeting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). To mobilize the finance and harness capital flows for sustainable development and investing, the investment community must make sense of the SDGs. For this, a global benchmarking tool, SDG rating harmonization, a globally adopted taxon ...
Posted on 08/12/21
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