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
“Frankfurt is the centre of global sustainability standards.”
Hesse’s Minister of Finance Michael Boddenberg visits the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) in its Frankfurt Office in order to exchange ideas on current developments in corporate sustainability reporting.
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.
Review: 1st DVFA Capital Markets Forum
On 13 June, the German Association for Financial Analysis and Asset Management (DVFA) e. V., in cooperation with Frankfurt Main Finance, hosted the first Capital Market Forum at the Frankfurt financial centre. Here you can get exclusive insights into the event.
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.
Technology Is the Fast Track to Net Zero
The 2022 CO2 AI by BCG Carbon Emissions Survey continues a 2021 investigation into the progress that organizations around the world have made in measuring and reducing their carbon emissions. This article contains all the insights of the report by FMF member Boston Consulting Group.
Bloomberg Releases Science-Based Implied Temperature Rise Metrics
Based on a methodology recommended by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), these Metrics provide investors with transparent and comparable information for assessing portfolio alignment with climate goals.
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.
The 15th Sustainable Investment Conference 2022 at the Frankfurt School
Frankfurt School Verlag has been organising the annual conference “Sustainable Investments” for 15 years. The topic has been important to experts from the financial sector for just as long. Nevertheless – and everyone at this year’s conference seemed to agree on this – the relevance has increased significantly in the past four to five years.
