Resources

Find out more about our main research programs, as well as other projects

Implementation of the EU reform on retail investing for the green transition

Implementation of the EU reform on retail investing for the green transition. Supporting the effective application of EU sustainable finance regulation in Bulgaria, Estonia, and R... Read More >

Project Impact & target-setting Retail investing Transparency All tags

ADEME SFO Partnership

Analysis and comparison of financial institution practices in sustainable finance.... Read More >

Project Reporting & disclosures Risk management & supervision Transparency All tags

Study on financial products in Switzerland

SFO collaborated closely with ZHAW to support the design, testing, and validation of an innovative preference-elicitation tool for retail investors. SFO contributed exper... Read More >

Project Impact & target-setting Retail investing Financial institutions All tags

Taxonomy in Tunisia

Support for establishing a sustainable taxonomy in Tunisia and capacity building for financial institutions to measure carbon footprints.... Read More >

Project Emerging markets Low-carbon transition Portfolio alignment All tags

IPAF Methodology

Conduct an assessment and rating of a sample of 50 financial products currently bearing the Towards Sustainability label as outlined by the IPAF methodology.... Read More >

Project Impact & target-setting Retail investing Financial institutions All tags

Go Nature Positive – Building economies by embracing nature’s worth

Cross-sector initiative mapping biodiversity risks in asset portfolios and engaging issuers on zero-deforestation.... Read More >

Project Bankable Sustainable Solutions Biodiversity Nature Finance

FiRéno+ Massifying the Deep Renovation Rate by Enabling Private Financing

The challenges to overcome in order to increase energy-efficient building renovation in both the residential and private tertiary sectors include: - lack of dedicated inv... Read More >

Project Bankable Sustainable Solutions Low-carbon transition Financial institutions

RISE-IN – Resilient Investment for Sustainable Environments

RISE-IN aims to pioneer a new approach to climate adaptation by bridging the gap between environmental resilience and financial viability. Focusing on nature-based soluti... Read More >

Project Bankable Sustainable Solutions Nature Finance

Nature-Finance Stream

Sustainable Finance Observatory (formerly 2DII)’s Nature-Finance Stream is an innovative research program constituted of specialists in regulatory policy, economics, an... Read More >

Project Emerging markets Policy work Retail investing All tags

Retail Investing Program

Sustainable Finance Observatory (formerly 2DII)’s Retail Investing Program employs data-driven research, legal analysis, product development, and communications tools t... Read More >

Project Retail investing Regulators & policymakers

Impact Program

How can financial institutions contribute to the Paris Agreement goals and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the real economy? ... Read More >

Project Impact & target-setting Financial institutions Regulators & policymakers

Our work in Emerging Markets

Sustainable Finance Observatory (formerly 2DII) works in emerging markets across the globe to help financial institutions and governments facilitate the low-carbon transi... Read More >

Project Emerging markets Financial institutions Regulators & policymakers

MyFairMoney: An online resource hub for sustainable retail investing

More than ever before, consumers want to invest in “socially responsible,” “sustainable” or ESG funds.... Read More >

Project Retail investing Financial institutions Regulators & policymakers All tags

Finance ClimAct

The Finance ClimAct project aims to help implement the French National Low-Carbon Strategy and the European Union's Sustainable Finance Action Plan. ... Read More >

Project Retail investing Financial institutions Regulators & policymakers

Climate stress-testing simulation game

Sustainable Finance Observatory (formerly 2DII)’s 1in1000 program, in partnership with the SOAS Centre for Sustainable Finance, has launched a new climate stress-test s... Read More >