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, ...
EU Sustainable Finance Rules Must Deliver Clarity, Credibility and Real Impact for Citizens, Says BETTER FINANCE
BETTER FINANCE, the European Federation of Investors and Financial Services Users, welcomes the European Commission’s initiative to revise the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), stressing that the reform must put ...
BETTER FINANCE Responds to the Commission on the Proposed Revision of the SFDR
BETTER FINANCE welcomes the European Commission’s proposal to revise the SFDR and the move towards a clearer product categorisation framework. This is an important and necessary step towards improving legal ...
BETTER FINANCE Responds to the Commission’s Call on the Application of the “Do No Significant Harm” Principle
As the JRC found, DNSH is currently implemented through different methods, legal designs and assessment approaches across EU instruments. Public funding instruments use DNSH in different ways: to exclude harmful ...
European Individual Investors Struggle to Access Climate Solutions in the Global South, New BETTER FINANCE Study Finds
BETTER FINANCE today published its pioneering assessment of whether individual investors in Europe can meaningfully invest in publicly listed climate-solution companies based in low- and middle-income (LMI) countries. The study highlights a striking gap ...
Assessing the Investment Landscape for Global South Climate Solution Equities
BETTER FINANCE has conducted a study to assess the investment landscape for Global South climate solution equities. This study shows that European retail investors are effectively locked out of investing ...
