Policy position
Sustainable Finance
EU Taxonomy
Sustainability-related Disclosures (SFDR)
27 March 2025
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Press Release
EU Taxonomy
Sustainability reporting (CSRD)
Sustainability-related Disclosures (SFDR)
27 February 2025
Simplification Omnibus reduces regulatory burden while maintaining important sustainability ambitions like double materiality
Yesterday, the European Commission published its first regulatory simplification Omnibus, which aims to reduce the sustainability reporting burden on EU companies through amendments to the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and EU Taxonomy Regulation. We support this initiative as a positive and necessary step to increase the competitiveness of European companies and reduce regulatory burden, while still maintaining the ambitions of the EU Green Deal.
Positive developments include:
Policy Position
Distribution ＆ Client Disclosures
Sustainable Finance
EU Taxonomy
Sustainability-related Disclosures (SFDR)
13 June 2022
EFAMA response to EC CfE ESG ratings and sustainability risks in credit ratings
EFAMA welcomes the opportunity to respond to the EC’s targeted consultation on the functioning of the ESG rating market in the EU and on the consideration of ESG factors in credit ratings. Please note that our response covers, at the same time, ESG ratings and ESG data providers, as the demand for ESG “raw” data has been increasing at a steady pace. The use of ESG data has also rapidly shifted from a narrow set of investment products to being prolific across all investment products.
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.
Press Release
Sustainable Finance
EU Taxonomy
Sustainability-related Disclosures (SFDR)
17 November 2021
SFDR and the quest for certainty | Market Insights | Issue #7
EFAMA has today released its latest Market Insights report titled “The European ESG market – Introducing the SFDR”. The full report breaks down the size of the European ESG market, reviewing the assets under management of funds using the SFDR (Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation) framework.
Publication
Sustainable Finance
EU Taxonomy
Sustainability-related Disclosures (SFDR)
17 November 2021
The European ESG market in Q1 2021 – Introducing the SFDR | Market Insights | Issue #7
This report breaks down the size of the European ESG market, reviewing the assets under management of funds using the SFDR (Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation) framework.
Policy Position
Sustainable Finance
EU Taxonomy
09 September 2021
EU needs a usable, investor-centric and globally relevant social taxonomy
EFAMA responded to a public consultation of the Platform on Sustainable Finance on a social taxonomy.
Policy Position
Sustainable Finance
EU Taxonomy
07 September 2021
Brown taxonomy: An opportunity to transition away from significantly harmful activities
EFAMA responded to a public consultation of the Platform on Sustainable Finance on taxonomy extension options linked to environmental objectives.
Press Release
Sustainable Finance
Ecolabel
EU Taxonomy
Sustainability-related Disclosures (SFDR)
07 June 2021
EFAMA welcomes proposed transitional period under Art. 8 of the taxonomy and calls for its alignment with SFDR taxonomy-related product disclosures
EFAMA has published its response to a consultation on the draft delegated act under Article 8 of the Taxonomy.
Policy position
Sustainable Finance
EU Taxonomy
Sustainability-related Disclosures (SFDR)
07 June 2021
EFAMA´s comments on draft delegated acts under article 8 of the Taxonomy regulation
EFAMA responds to the opportunity to provide feedback to the Article 8 Taxonomy Regulation (EU) 2020/852 (‘taxonomy’) draft delegated act, which the European Commission published for consultation on 7 May. We highlight that the provisions on investee companies in this delegated act will serve as the primary source of input for asset managers´ own disclosures on taxonomy compliance at both product and entity levels.
