BETTER FINANCE fully supports the Goals of the European Commission’s New Sustainable Finance Strategy and makes Suggestions to Maximize its
07 July 2021
The European Commission has adopted a new ‘Strategy for Financing the Transition to a Sustainable Economy’. BETTER FINANCE commends the EC for this important step and fully supports its stated goals, especially the move towards ensuring more and better access for consumers to “transition finance”.
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It is crucial that, as long-term and pension savers, EU citizens
be allowed to engage directly or indirectly via their
collective products (pension plans, mutual funds, etc.) with
investee companies. […] - Besides
“transition finance”, individual investors should also enjoy
easier access to the new improved anti-greenwashing green
bonds. […]
- BETTER
FINANCE welcomes the “clear and comparable sustainability
information to prevent greenwashing”, but stresses that this
should in no way excuse policymakers from addressing the
“negative externalities” driving climate change and pollution.
[…]
- Finally,
BETTER FINANCE is pleased to note that the EC did not overlook
the Governance part of ESG and that a review of the
Shareholder Rights Directive 2 (SRD 2) may be on the table.
[…] — Read the full text here.
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