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New European law regulates sustainability ratings: a victory for civil society and sustainable investors
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ESG ratings must disaggregate ESG parameters to repair sustainable investors’ trust
For those who prefer to invest sustainably, an “ESG rating” purports to help these investors by...
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Financial services for consumers: Still too many people left out and poorly served
Most consumers still do not get the financial products and services they need.
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Taking the state – solutions for a besieged democracy
Corporate Europe Observatory’s (CEO) latest report sheds a harsh light on how private interests benefit from...
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BNP Paribas – The story of straying off course
This 4th October 2018 was an important date for BNP Paribas, the leading European bank. For...
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Bottom-up approaches to corporate governance in the financial sector
This short paper by authors from Finance Watch, Frank Bold, ShareAction and WWF calls for a...
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Representation of public interest in banking #5 – Shareholder Value in Banking: Legal Fictions and Financial Stability
This article is part of a series of blogs on a Finance Watch project on the...
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Robert Jenkins’ partial list of bank misdeeds
You can share and embed Jenkins’ list on your website or blog by copy-pasting the following...
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A View From Germany II – The financing of the German economy
In the rest of the EU, the main strength of Germany’s economy is often considered to...
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