The Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), a cornerstone of the European Commission’sAction Plan on Sustainable Finance, came into effect on March 10 th , 2021. The new rules shouldimprove sustainability related disclosure in the financial sector and applies to financial

The European Commission (EC) is creating a new Sustainable Product Policy Framework (SPPF), enabling the single EU market to also influence  global standards in product sustainability and product design and value chain management worldwide.  The SPPF-framework is part of the

Meeting up for drinks on a Wednesday evening was made possible thanks to our new found online friend, Zoom. We had the honour to have Taeun Kwon, founder of Women in Sustainble Finance, www.wisf.ch and Jessica Espinoza, Chair of the

by Juliet Blum Jessica is a Senior Investment Manager at DEG (KfW Group) Can you tell us more about the 2X Challenge you’re chairing? The 2X Challenge was launched by a group of Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) at the G7

by Juliet Blum Taeun is a researcher at University of Zurich and Founder of Women in Sustainable Finance. 1. What do we mean when we speak about gender lens investing Gender lens investing refers to investment activities that invest in women-owned

In Europe we are in a privileged position when it comes to Circular Economy. Speech by Helena Braun, Member of Cabinet, Frans Timmermans’ team, European Commission. 2020 was supposed to be very important for climate action but unfortunately a lot of energy

While there is still a huge investment gap today, there is good momentum happening now! Interview with Simon Widmer, Creative Lead at the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and member of the Design Network. Simon believes in the power of design to

Thank you all for closing the year with us during the virtual drinks on 17.12.2020. We hope our fruitful discussions will continue next year!”

We made it! Our launch event on 22 October 2020 on the topic of Circular Economy, Future Regulatory Changes and Economic Impacts, was an evening of valuable insights from experts of various fields to an engaging audience. The hybrid of

In the run-up to our launch event, GreenBuzz Bern caught up with keynote-speaker Niklas Nierhoff, Scientific Officer, Economics Section, Federal Office for the Environment FOEN.