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Kicking and screaming – the Euro arrives in the Digital Age

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4 reasons why banks and insurers can’t withstand the climate crisis without extra loss-absorption capacity

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Why Cash is Essential in the 21st Century

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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

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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...

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24/01/2023

ECON Committee Puts Interest of Banks Above European Citizen

18/01/2023

Joint letter warns MEPs that abandoning capital requirements for climate risk will shift costs to taxpayers

02/12/2022

Reaction: New EU consumer credit rules mean significant improvement for consumer protection

01/12/2022

Reaction: Council adopts common position on corporate sustainability due diligence directive

15/11/2022

Thierry Philipponnat appointed to EFRAG’s Sustainability Reporting Board

10/11/2022

Economists, banks and investors say G20 leaders must intervene to prevent global financial collapse caused by fossil fuel investments

09/11/2022

Reaction: European Commission proposes approach to fiscal rules review

08/11/2022

Reaction: Council adopts its position on Banking Package

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07/10/2022 The Financial Times

Why Europe’s green drive is making waves in Kuala Lumpur

05/10/2022 Euractiv

Große EU-Banken halten massiv klimaschädliche Kredite

04/10/2022 El Independiente

La elevada exposición de la banca a combustibles fósiles amenaza con una crisis como la de Lehman Brothers

04/10/2022 Le Journal de Dimanche

Finance mondiale : « Les banques sous-estiment le risque posé par le réchauffement climatique »

04/10/2022 Bloomberg

Fossil-Fuel Financing Poses Growing Risks to Biggest Banks

22/06/2022 Financial Times

Basel Committee’s banking climate risk principles disappoint advocacy groups

05/04/2022 Euractiv

Spain, Netherlands propose ideas to reform EU fiscal rules

24/03/2022 247 News Bulletin

Finance – Consumer loans condemned by an NGO

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How to prevent the cost of climate risk from shifting to insurance policyholders

This 11 second video illustrates why insurers should shift their business models away from fossil fuel financing:

Voluntary net-zero pledges are not sufficient. We need mandatory standards

Our new landmark report ’The problem lies in the net – How finance can contribute to making the world reach its greenhouse gas net-zero target’, provides policymakers the way to...

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Kicking and screaming – the Euro arrives in the Digital Age

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

Joint statement

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

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ECON Committee Puts Interest of Banks Above European Citizen

Joint letter warns MEPs that abandoning capital requirements for climate risk will shift costs to taxpayers

Reaction: New EU consumer credit rules mean significant improvement for consumer protection

Reaction: Council adopts common position on corporate sustainability due diligence directive

Thierry Philipponnat appointed to EFRAG’s Sustainability Reporting Board

Economists, banks and investors say G20 leaders must intervene to prevent global financial collapse caused by fossil fuel investments

Reaction: European Commission proposes approach to fiscal rules review

Reaction: Council adopts its position on Banking Package

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How to prevent the cost of climate risk from shifting to insurance policyholders

Voluntary net-zero pledges are not sufficient. We need mandatory standards

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Kicking and screaming – the Euro arrives in the Digital Age

4 reasons why banks and insurers can’t withstand the climate crisis without extra loss-absorption capacity

Why Cash is Essential in the 21st Century

Latest publications

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

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

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ECON Committee Puts Interest of Banks Above European Citizen

Joint letter warns MEPs that abandoning capital requirements for climate risk will shift costs to taxpayers

Reaction: New EU consumer credit rules mean significant improvement for consumer protection

Reaction: Council adopts common position on corporate sustainability due diligence directive

Thierry Philipponnat appointed to EFRAG’s Sustainability Reporting Board

Economists, banks and investors say G20 leaders must intervene to prevent global financial collapse caused by fossil fuel investments

Reaction: European Commission proposes approach to fiscal rules review

Reaction: Council adopts its position on Banking Package

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