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"Since signing the Climate Commitment in 2019, the financial sector has taken significant steps to contribute to the energy transition. All signatories now have an action plan. The sector is taking its responsibility to play its role in the transition structurally. For the continuation of the commitment, there is broad consensus among the signatories to shift our focus, with the action plans in hand, to finance the transition in order to increase our impact on making the real economy more sustainable."
A fair amount of sustainability regulation has been poured out over the business community - and especially the financial sector - in recent years. Randy Pattiselanno talks more about that in his latest column on Investment Officer.
The European standard setter for sustainability reporting, European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG), writes in its recent consultation on implementation guidance that it intends to draft further guidance on sustainability reporting by financial companies. In response, we write that the European legislator should first provide clarity on the scope of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), particularly with respect to individual asset management. We have previously argued successfully for this with the Dutch legislator.
February 1, 2024 was Leaders in Finance's Sustainable Finance Event. The event featured several speakers who shared their views on a sustainable future for the financial sector. Jeroen van Wijngaarden kicked off the day with an opening speech.
The cabinet formation is now in full swing. A good time to talk to parties about points that are important to our sector.
As of January 15, 2024, Ron Gruijters joins our team as manager sustainable finance. DUFAS is pleased to welcome Ron as a new permanent team member. His knowledge and experience make him a valuable addition to the team. To get to know him better, we asked Ron a few questions.
DUFAS supports the ambition of the Dutch government to make society and economy more sustainable, and supports legislation and regulations that contribute to (financing) the transition to a sustainable Dutch society. Therefore, on January 16, we responded to the public consultation on the Policy Amendment Scheme Green Projects 2022.
Last November, the Ministry of Justice and Security published a public consultation on the Implementation Decree on the Sustainability Reporting Directive. This transposes part of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) into national laws and regulations. On December 18, 2023, we responded to the consultation together with our members.
Last week, the "Behavioral Perspective on Money Matters" was published and handed over to Finance Minister Sigrid Kaag. The publication is an initiative of the Consumer Choices Action Plan, in which more than 50 organizations from the financial sector - including DUFAS - science and government work together. It combines best practices from financial service providers, behavioral science and government, with insights from the literature.
On October 25, 2023, De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) consulted the "Good practices Handreiking prudential reports for investment firms and investment fund managers". With the handbook, DNB wants to give investment firms and managers of investment institutions and UCITS (hereinafter: institutions) more guidance on how to correctly complete and submit and provide an overview of good practices for prudential reporting. We responded to this consultation on December 13, 2023.
On 15 December 2023, we responded to the European Commission's (EC's) targeted consultation on the implementation of the Sustainable Finance Disclosures Regulation (SFDR), as published on 14 September 2023. We are appreciative of the efforts to further improve the SFDR, and we do see merit in more standardization of disclosures via the SFDR to improve comparability throughout the market and, needless to say, to avoid greenwashing which is the main purpose of the EU legislation.
Despite the growing interest and importance of SRI, most EU citizens often find it difficult to find their way around the investment landscape. This is why EFAMA, the European trade association for asset managers, published a new brochure.
