Delegation from the Montréal financial centre on a working visit to Frankfurt
Representatives of the financial centers Montréal and Frankfurt met in Frankfurt for a working visit and discussed the future of their further cooperation.
What the financial industry can do to help combat climate change
A simplified division into green and brown securities is insufficient. The financial market can and must play a broader role in the transformation
Hubertus Väth on partnership with Finance Montréal: promoting cooperation on sustainability standards
Finance Montréal and Frankfurt Main Finance have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to support the Global Baseline in Sustainability Reporting of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB). Green and Sustainable Finance Cluster Germany Managing Director Michael Schmidt spoke with FMF Managing Director Hubertus Väth about the background.
ISSB issues inaugural global sustainability disclosure standards
The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) has today issued its inaugural standards—IFRS S1 and IFRS S2—ushering in a new era of sustainability-related disclosures in capital markets worldwide.
Study: Sustainable funds barely transparent
The new white paper by FMF member PwC in cooperation with Morningstar shows that the inconsistent data situation makes it difficult to compare sustainable funds and investment decisions.
CxO Sustainability Survey 2023: More investments in sustainability despite economic uncertainty
Climate change is one of the top three priorities for board members of German companies. According to Deloitte’s “Cx0 Sustainability Survey 2023”, 76% of German companies increased their sustainability investments in 2022.
Frankfurt UAS launches its first sustainability professorship
Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences has filled the first of four professorships for sustainability as part of its sustainability strategy adopted in 2021.
Sustainability Revolution in the Bond Market
The importance of ESG in the bond market is growing. This is good news for the environment, because combating climate change requires capital. Why now is a good time to get into sustainable corporate bonds, explains Simon Frank of Pictet in an interview with Senior Investment Analyst Florian Koch of Frankfurt Main Finance member Scope.
International standards for sustainable finance: Europe’s place in the vanguard
The Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF) is hosting a conference in Frankfurt to examine how the European Union can strengthen its sustainable finance competitive process, with a special emphasis on Germany and Luxembourg.
From Darmstadt: Monitoring sustainability from space
With EUMETSAT, one of the world’s most important organisations for precise data on weather, climate and sustainability is based in the Rhine-Main region. Frankfurt Main Finance spoke with EUMETSAT Chief Scientist Paolo M. Ruti in Darmstadt about the performance and quality of satellite data.
