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This study examines the sustainability disclosures of 15 leading financial market participants (FMPs) and 45 associated investment products complying with the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR). It provides critical insights into Art. 8 and 9 products’ objectives and methods, highlights key challenges and emerging best practices.
The Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) has entered into a stage of review that will continue deep into 2025, with the aim to enhance transparency, comparability, and ambition across the investment markets.
We assessed the current market practice, identified gaps and highlighted emerging good practices in the areas of:
We analyzed the entity-level and product-level disclosures of 15 major financial market participants and 43 financial products, offering a comprehensive set of conclusions and recommendations for policymakers to consider in the context of the SFDR review.
Download “SFDR Review: Analysis of Current Practices and Future Directions for Investors”
The evidence and recommendations drawn from this research aims to support
Several German ministries led by the Socialist and Green parties have sent a letter to the EU Commission with the objective of rolling back European legislation on corporate sustainability reporting. This legal framework will be applicable to 27 EU Member States as of January 1st, 2025, but German parties, immersed in electoral and political infighting, are using this legislation to promise quick, but dysfunctional solutions.
More than 90 organisations representing civil society, business, banks and investor interests, express deep concern over the misrepresentation of EU sustainability reporting as a threat to competitiveness.
In the previous article, we highlighted a new European Commission study titled Impact of Communities on the Grid: How Integrated Energy Communities Enhance Grid Flexibility and Support Electricity Market Development, which suggests we should aim to establish fully integrated energy communities. Could we achieve this in Czechia? And what are the paths to this goal? Here, Jan Bakule, a lawyer and energy specialist, explores the options.
