SAFE Finance Blog

Jan Pieter Krahnen: A simplified division into green and brown securities is insufficient. The financial market can and must play a broader role in the transformation

Revised guidelines on deposit guarantee schemes, provisional agreement on European green bonds, and revised framework for long-term investment funds

New guidelines improving resolution planning, implementing standards for disclosures on ESG risks, and detailed rules for delaying public disclosure of inside information

Mandatory disclosure obligations can improve the availability and quality of the information which investors need to allocate capital in line with “green” investment strategies

Limiting climate-damaging emissions is important and right – but this objective is not readily achievable via the publicly promoted green finance approach