How well is sustainable investment progressing in Europe? Listen to Robert Adamczyk, Senior Environmental Adviser at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

What progress has been made in the world of sustainable finance?
In this episode of Frankly Speaking, Richard Howitt was joined by Robert Adamczyk, Senior Environmental Adviser at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, which has already fully aligned its activities with the Paris Agreement, and member of both the European Reporting Financial Advisory Group (EFRAG) and the Technical Review Group for the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB).
Together they discussed how international financial institutions (IFIs) have increasingly integrated social and environmental criteria into their lending, and what impact it has had so far. You’ll also hear about:
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Is product-level reporting rather than firm-level reporting better for the competitiveness of European industry? Listen to Brian Hill, Academic Director of the Inclusive Economy Center in Sustainability and Organisations Institute at HEC Paris, and Research Director at the French National Centre for Scientific Research, CNRS.

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