Investors, asset managers and civil society organisations call for the prompt implementation of the reform on corporate sustainability reporting and EU standards
Sustainable Finance
The asset management industry plays a key role in meeting the objectives of the European Green Deal to make the EU’s economy sustainable. Our members integrate ESG considerations across their risk management processes and investment decisions. They develop sustainable investment products and foster transparency to fight greenwashing. This increases choice, trust and, in turn, retail investors’ participation. Overall, such efforts mobilise capital towards a fair and just transition to a climate-neutral economy by 2050.
EFAMA actively contributes to the development and implementation of EU’s sustainable finance initiatives. Among them are a comprehensive transparency framework for financial market participants, standards and labels for green financial products, classification of green economic activities and policies enhancing corporate sustainability reporting.
Related policy positions
Policy Position
Sustainable Finance
Sustainability reporting (CSRD)
18 January 2022
CSRD - Why we need to get improved corporate sustainability data by 2024
Press Release
Data
Sustainable Finance
EU Taxonomy
Sustainability-related Disclosures (SFDR)
Sustainability reporting (CSRD)
01 December 2021
The European Single Access Point: a powerful tool for investors to assess the ESG performance of companies
EFAMA sees the European Commission’s proposal for the creation of a European Single Access Point (ESAP) as a crucial step in addressing the limited availability and scattered nature of financial and sustainability-related entity information at EU level.
Policy Position
Sustainable Finance
Sustainability reporting (CSRD)
24 September 2021
Position on the scope of CSRD and the interplay with SFDR
The asset management industry recognises the much-needed adoption of mandatory European sustainability reporting standards under the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) proposal. Insufficient availability of meaningful, comparable, reliable, and public Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) data is a key impediment to realising the full potential of the EU's sustainable finance regulatory framework. Financial market participants' sustainable investments need to be driven by real, verifiable and reported ESG metrics of company's activities and financial risks.
Related news
Policy Position
Sustainable Finance
16 January 2023
EFAMA responds to ESMA's Call for Evidence on Greenwashing
In an environment with unclear definitions at EU level on key sustainable finance concepts, as well as a lack of complete, comparable and transparent ESG data, all market actors are concerned about the risk of greenwashing.
Publication
Statistics
Sustainable Finance
14 December 2022
EFAMA Asset Management Report 2022
EFAMA's latest edition of its 'Asset Management in Europe' report provides an in-depth analysis of recent trends, focusing on where investments funds and discretionary mandates are managed in Europe.
The asset management sector is a crucial one for the European economy, with a key role to play in financing the green transition:
Video
Investor Education
Sustainable Finance
08 November 2022
World Investor Week: a webinar on Sustainable Finance Literacy
Related publications
Publication
Capital Markets Union
Distribution ＆ Client Disclosures
EU Fund regulation
Investor Education
Management Companies
Pensions
Sustainable Finance
Tax ＆ Accounting
10 September 2020
Household Participation in Capital Markets - Country Statistical Profiles
Publication
Capital Markets
Capital Markets Union
Competitiveness
Data
Distribution ＆ Client Disclosures
EU Fund regulation
International agenda
Management Companies
Pensions
Stewardship
Supervision
Sustainable Finance
Tax ＆ Accounting
11 June 2020
Annual Review June 2019-June 2020
"It gives me great pleasure to provide you with an overview of our activities since our Annual General Meeting in Paris last year. While we were very much looking forward to hosting you all in Brussels this week, the current crisis and associated travel restrictions has forced us to improvise and turn our meeting into a virtual AGM.
Publication
Sustainable Finance
Ecolabel
EU Taxonomy
Sustainability-related Disclosures (SFDR)
Sustainability reporting (CSRD)
20 May 2020
3 questions to Thierry Bogaty on the EU Ecolabel for retail financial products
Q #1 Can the EU Ecolabel for retail financial products help channel individual investors’ savings into environmentally sustainable projects?
A well-designed EU Ecolabel has the potential to provide clear guidance on the financial products retail investors can invest in if they wish to support environmentally sustainable projects and activities - in line with the EU Taxonomy Regulation. The European Commission wants to create a trusted and verified label for retail investors, who would benefit from better comparability of financial products.
Contact
Senior Regulatory Policy Advisor
