Sustainable Finance Research Platform
Current Project
Funded by
Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU)Stiftung Mercator
In Cooperation With
University of AugsburgFrankfurt School of Finance and Management
University of Hamburg
University of Kassel
The Sustainable Finance Research Platform is a network of five German research institutions that have been conducting intensive research on sustainable finance for many years. The aim of the platform is to provide scientific support in answering key social, political and private sector questions, to provide established and emerging knowledge and to play an advisory role in the political and public discourse, for example by providing input and feedback to the Sustainable Finance Advisory Board of the German Federal Government.
Members of the Research Platform
- Alexander Bassen, University of Hamburg
- Timo Busch, University of Hamburg
- Gunnar Guttsche, University of Kassel
- Ingmar Jürgens, Frankfurt School of Finance and Management
- Karol Kempa, Frankfurt School of Finance and Management
- Christian Klein, University of Kassel
- Kerstin Lopatta, University of Hamburg
- Ulf Moslener, Frankfurt School of Finance and Management
- Karsten Neuhoff, DIW Berlin
- Martin Rohleder, University of Augsburg
- Oliver Schenker, Frankfurt School of Finance and Management
- Frank Schiemann, University of Hamburg
- Franziska Schütze, DIW Berlin
- Marco Wilkens, University of Augsburg
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The first policy brief "Conditions for an effective sustainable finance taxonomy (PDF, 476.2 KB)" discusses strenghts and opportunities for improvement of the current regulatory proposal and the TEG report. It formulates conditions for an effective and goal-oriented sustainable finance taxonomy. These include an expansion of activites covered, a broad application to all financial actors, a more dynamic forward-looking perspective, mandatory climate-related disclosure, and better integration into risk management.
The second policy brief "Mandatory climate-related reporting as a means of CO2 emission reduction (PDF, 392.64 KB)" shows that mandatory reporting can create incentives for companies to reduce emissions. In addition, mandatory disclosure would make important information for risk assessment available to capital markets, thus reducing information asymmetry and redirecting capital flows in a more climate-friendly direction.
The third policy brief discusses the importance of climate neutrality for different market players. It shows how climate neutrality can serve as a central scenario for the strategic planning of financial institutions and real economy companies. In addition, it emphasizes the importance of company-specific data and information in connection with scenario analyses and stress tests. The policy brief is currently only available in German: „Sustainable Finance und die Transformation der Realwirtschaft - Klimaneutralität als zentrales Szenario“ (PDF, 500.37 KB)
Topics: Climate policy , Environmental markets , Firms
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