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Impact Washing Gets a Free Ride

With its Action Plan on Financing Sustainable Growth, the European Commission set the ambitious goal of “reorienting capital flows toward sustainable investment”.... Read More >

Report Impact & target-setting Financial institutions Retail investors

Sustainability Improvement Loans

In the context of the EU Action Plan on Sustainable Finance, the European Commission plans to explore the introduction of a Green Supporting Factor (GSF) under capital re... Read More >

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Financing the ‘Clean Billion’

From shifting the trillions to addressing the billions. There is a growing narrative and traction among investors around contributing to financing the transition to a low... Read More >

Report Low-carbon transition Financial institutions

The Elephant in the Room: Aligning Global Bond Markets with Climate Goals

Bond markets–representing the largest asset class in capital markets–are critical in the context of achieving the Paris Agreement.... Read More >

Report Low-carbon transition Financial institutions Regulators & policymakers

Testing the Japanese Listed Equity Market Alignment with the 2°C Climate Goal

This report compares the energy and technology exposure of the Tokyo Stock Price Index (TOPIX) stock market index with the 2°C roadmap of the International Energy Agency... Read More >

Report Low-carbon transition Portfolio alignment Financial institutions

It’s on You! Bringing Climate Assessments for Household Credit into the 21st Century

Despite their prominence, climate assessments for consumer loans have been limited to date, with few pilots and limited adoption by market actors. This report represents ... Read More >

Report Retail investing Financial institutions

A Taxonomy of Climate Accounting Principles for Financial Portfolios

Climate accounting for financial portfolios has seen growing prominence in the past years, thanks to both private and public sector initiatives.... Read More >

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Limited Visibility: The Current State of Corporate Disclosure on Long-term Risks

This discussion paper extends the analysis of time horizons in financial markets, conducted as part of the Tragedy of the Horizons project, to ‘long term risk disclosur... Read More >

Report Reporting & disclosures Risk management & supervision Financial institutions

Transition Risks and Market Failure

This paper provides a theoretical discourse linking traditional market failure literature and the recent research around potential stranded assets risks associated with t... Read More >

Report Risk management & supervision Financial institutions

Yellow Brick Road

The importance of finance to support climate action is now widely recognized, enshrined in the Paris Agreement (Article 2.1(c)). Further, non-state actors of all kinds (c... Read More >

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