Transition Investing Moves from Commitments to Outcomes, but Investors Still Cannot Compare Progress, New BETTER FINANCE Report Finds
BETTER FINANCE published its annual assessment of whether transition investing is giving individual investors the tools to identify credible opportunities and whether capital is contributing to measurable change in the ...
Transition Investing 2026 | From Commitments to Outcomes
Our 2026 analysis finds encouraging progress has been made, whereby capital is supporting some sectors and technologies central to the transition, however, significant challenges remain:
- Differences in reporting methodologies ...
BETTER FINANCE Responds to ESMA’s Consultation on Simplifying the EU Taxonomy Disclosure Framework
BETTER FINANCE supports ESMA’s efforts to simplify EU Taxonomy reporting. The current framework can be complex and, in some areas, requires significant reporting effort without always providing investors with equally ...
BETTER FINANCE’s Open Letter on ESRS Sent to Commissioner Albuquerque
Dear Commissioner Albuquerque, I am writing to you in my capacity as Managing Director of BETTER FINANCE, the European Federation of Investors and Financial Services Users. We are the EU-level ...
BETTER FINANCE Responds to the European Commission’s Citizens Omnibus Initiative on Reducing Administrative Burdens
BETTER FINANCE supports the Citizens' Omnibus initiative as an opportunity to ensure that EU financial services rules and markets work more effectively for individual investors, savers and pension beneficiaries. While ...
BETTER FINANCE Responds to the IAASB-IESBA Stakeholder Survey for 2028-2031 Strategy Period
BETTER FINANCE responds to the IAASB-IESBA Stakeholder Survey for the 2028-2031 strategy period from the perspective of European individual investors, savers and financial users. The SSBs should measure progress not ...
BETTER FINANCE Responds to the European Commission’s Revised Sustainability Reporting Standard for Voluntary Use (VSME)
BETTER FINANCE supports efforts to reduce disproportionate reporting burdens and recognises the importance of ensuring that sustainability reporting frameworks remain proportionate and operationally feasible. Simplification can contribute to the competitiveness ...
BETTER FINANCE Responds to the European Commission’s Revised Mandatory Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS)
BETTER FINANCE welcomes the substantial simplification already achieved through EFRAG’s revised ESRS and supports efforts to reduce disproportionate reporting burdens. BETTER FINANCE also welcomes the retention of important principles including ...
BETTER FINANCE Response to the Review of the EU Taxonomy Climate Delegated Act Technical Screening Criteria
The EU Taxonomy plays a central role in the EU sustainable finance framework by providing a common classification system for environmentally sustainable economic activities. Its purpose is to help investors, companies and ...
BETTER FINANCE Response to the Review of the EU Taxonomy Environmental Delegated Act Technical Screening Criteria
The EU Taxonomy plays a central role in the EU sustainable finance framework by providing a common classification system for environmentally sustainable economic activities. Its purpose is to help investors, ...
