Greenpeace Schweiz hat die “klimafreundlichen” Anlagen von Schweizer Banken getestet. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass die Qualität der Beratungsgespräche bezüglich nachhaltigen Anlegens bei den meisten Finanzinstituten mangelhaft ist. Zudem erklärt Greenpeace, die Anlageberaterinnen und -berater wüssten zu wenig über nachhaltige Kapitalanlagen […]
G7 Impact Taskforce announces membership
LONDON – The Impact Taskforce, established under the UK’s 2021 presidency of the G7, is pleased to announce the group’s members. The new Taskforce is composed of global leaders from the world of business, public policy, and the social sector, including […]
EFRAG confirms the joint candidate from ASCG and RNE, Prof. Dr. Alexander Bassen, as a member of the EFRAG Lab Project Task Force on Sustainability Reporting Standards
As a joint effort by German government-related organisations, the ASCG and the German Council for Sustainable Development (RNE) sent a letter to EFRAG President Jean-Paul Gauzès last Friday in which they nominated Prof. Dr. Alexander Bassen (University of Hamburg) as […]
Prof. Dr. Timo Busch in an interview with Börsen-Zeitung: Sustainable Investing is a Megatrend
In an interview with Börsen-Zeitung, Prof Busch explains more on sustainable investing and what is important for the sustainable orientation of a broadly diversified investment and how investors can recognize greenwashing. You can read the full interview in German here.
Impact Investments: A call for (re)orientation by Timo Busch and others now available for reading
Practitioners and academics have been using different terms to describe investments in the sustainability context. The latest inflationary term is impact investments—investments that focus on real-world changes in terms of solving social challenges and/or mitigating ecological degradation. At the core […]
Impact von Kapitalanlagen: Prof. Dr. Timo Busch im Gespräch mit Dr. Martin Granzow
Sustainable Finance boomt und einer der Hauptgründe dafür ist sicher, dass neben einem häufig sehr attraktiven Rendite-Risiko-Verhältnis bei vielen Kapitalgebern die Hoffnung besteht, mit Ihren finanziellen Mitteln einen Beitrag für eine nachhaltigere Ausrichtung der Wirtschaft leisten zu können. Doch welchen […]
Research: Capital Market Consequences of Divestment from Thermal Coal
The coal industry is facing great pressure, as it is one of the major contributions to global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. According to the IEA (2019), coal-fired electricity generation accounted for 30% of all historic global carbon emissions while it […]
Open Letter against the European Commission’s proposal to disconnect its Green Taxonomy from the European Green Deal’s Net Zero 2050 ambition
A group of 123 scientists, including Members of SFRG have signed an open letter expressing their concern on European Commission’s proposal to disconnect its Green Taxonomy from the European Green Deal’s Net Zero 2050 ambition, arguing that “this disconnect is […]
Honorary Doctorate Award from the University of Hamburg, Faculty of Business, Economics, and Social Sciences
The University of Hamburg, Faculty of Business, Economics, and Social Sciences, awarded an honorary doctorate in recognition of outstanding academic achievements to Prof. Pratima Bansal, Ph.D., from the Ivey Business School (University of Western Ontario, Canada) and Prof. Dr. Andreas […]
Der Finanzsektor als Beschleuniger der Nachhaltigkeitswende- Illusion oder Realität?
Die PartnerInnen der Wissenschaftsplattform Sustainable Finance laden Sie ein, einen Überblick über die Themen ihrer wissenschaftlichen Arbeit zu gewinnen. Dabei möchten Sie die Relevanz und Bandbreite des Themas Sustainable Finance anhand dreier kontroverser Fragen mit Ihnen diskutieren. Hier können Sie […]