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10/03/2023 Retail & financial inclusion

Position paper

Views on Council General Approach to Distance Marketing of Financial Services

Finance Watch dives into the details of the Council of the European Union’s general approach to the Distance Marketing of Consumer Financial Services Directive (DMFSD), published on 2 March. While...

08/03/2023 Sustainable finance

Joint statement

Joint letter – Civil society will only support ambitious ESRS

In a joint letter signed by 16 other organisations, Finance Watch warns the Commission that civil society groups will only support an ambitious first set of sector-agnostic ESRS that closely...

21/02/2023 Fiscal policy

Civil society briefing

Joint Policy Brief – “Investing in our Future: Seven EU economic governance reforms”

Finance Watch co-publishes today a civil society briefing on how to ensure a reformed European economic governance framework supports the EU’s goals and helps tackling Europe’s multiple crises.

15/02/2023 Sustainable finance

Consultation response

Consultation response – A precautionary approach is crucial for finance ministers to drive climate action

In its response to the consultation by the CFMCA, Finance Watch calls on ministries of finance to integrate a precautionary approach to climate risk into their mandates and roles

18/01/2023 Sustainable finance

Joint letter – 16 organisations urge ECON to bolster action against climate risk in Basel III finalisation

In a joint letter signed by 16 organisations, Finance Watch and partners urged Members of the ECON Committee to take credible action to tackle climate-related financial risks and to fully...

08/12/2022 Sustainable finance

Joint statement

Joint Statement calling for a robust and ambitious Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD)

Finance Watch, along with members of the Informal Group on Sustainable Finance calls for stronger requirements on transition plans, directors’ remuneration and oversight and due diligence for the financial sector...

10/11/2022 Sustainable finance

Open letter

Open letter calling on the G20 for a #SafeTransition

In an open letter signed by more than 60 organisations, Finance Watch and partners called on the G20 leaders to recognise fossil fuel exposures of banks as ‘higher risk assets’...

04/11/2022 Fiscal policy

Policy brief

Policy Brief – “Europe’s Fiscal Framework: The People’s View?”

Excessive public spending cuts in the European Union since 2009 have contributed to making citizens €3.000 a year worse-off, according to a new policy brief from the New Economics Foundation...

19/10/2022 Retail & financial inclusion

Policy brief

Root causes of household over-indebtedness

Without strong consumer protection legislation and proper public social security systems, the risk of financial difficulty is left to chance, making people vulnerable to predatory schemes. In this short policy...

03/10/2022 Sustainable finance

Report

Report – A safer transition for fossil banking: Quantifying capital needed to reflect transition risk

New research shows the world’s 60 biggest banks have $1.35 trillion USD of exposures to fossil fuel assets. Capital increase needed to reflect risk is equivalent to 3-5 months of...

22/09/2022 Sustainable finance

Report

REPORT – Financing Local Green Enterprises. Closing the funding gap for sustainable MSMEs in developing countries

Finance Watch and Green Economy Coalition have compiled the findings of seven case studies conducted in developing and emerging countries, in order to make a series of recommendations (economic and...

11/08/2022 Sustainable finance

Consultation response

Feedback on the EFRAG exposure drafts on the European Sustainability Reporting Standards

Finance Watch welcomes the EFRAG proposals for ESRS. However, some changes are needed to ensure comparability of the corporate sustainability disclosures, improve user-friendliness of the standards, prevent green and social...