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This policy portal provides a public interest perspective on the issues at stake and ongoing legislative debates in the field of financial regulation.

As major rules for financial institutions are set at the EU rather than national level, EU legislators play the key role. Adequate rules are of crucial importance, as the size, complexity and influence of the financial system have reached unprecedented levels. Challenges like digitalisation or accelerating climate change need to be addressed too. There is a long way to go to make finance truly serve the economy and society.

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25 PUBLICATIONS

Joint statement

12/12/2024

Sustainable Finance

EU sustainability disclosures are no threat to competitiveness – Joint letter

Finance Watch alongside 90+ organisations urges EU leaders to refrain from gutting EU’s hard-won sustainability framework, an essential brick that is no less than a pre-condition to wiring EU finance to a...

Consultation response

26/08/2024

Sustainable Finance

Improving transparency and understandability for retail investors: A reaction to the 2024 joint ESAs’ opinion on SFDR

Joint statement

02/07/2024

Sustainable Finance

Joint Statement – Why carbon offsetting undermines climate targets

Finance Watch joined forces with more than 80 civil society organizations to warn that a reliance on carbon credits will likely “slow down global emission reductions.” and call on global companies and...

Position paper

14/05/2024

Sustainable Finance

Sustainable investing: Tailoring the transparency framework for retail investors – Position Paper

Finance Watch’s recommendations to align PRIIPS and sustainability preferences with SFDR

Position paper

14/05/2024

Sustainable Finance

Rethinking SFDR: Finance Watch’s proposal in 10 questions – Position Paper

How to strengthen the sustainability transparency framework for financial products

Open letter

26/03/2024

Sustainable Finance

Open letter calling on the BCBS to enshrine the principle of “full transparency” in disclosures of climate-related financial risk

In an open-letter signed by 30+ experts, practitioners and global stakeholders, Finance Watch called on the Basel Committee to enshrine the principle of “full transparency” in disclosures of climate-related financial risk in...

Consultation response

19/01/2024

Sustainable Finance

Response to the EC consultation on the implementation of SFDR

Report

18/01/2024

Sustainable Finance

Report: A Finance Watch guide to the next ‘sustainable finance agenda’

The next ‘sustainable finance agenda’ could be a jump board to a sustainable economy in the EU. Finance Watch’s new report maps out gaps in the current sustainable finance framework and formulates...

Policy brief

17/05/2023

Sustainable Finance

Policy brief – Regulating ESG ratings to strengthen sustainable investors

In a policy brief published on May 17, Finance Watch proposes concrete policy measures to make ESG ratings reliable and meet the needs of ESG investors and other stakeholders, including regulators, while...

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...

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