Publication – 2020 results for the Place de Paris in the FC4S network evaluation program
Since 2018, Finance for Tomorrow has been responding to the FC4S assessment program for the Paris marketplace. The tool aims to assess the state of green and sustainable finance in the world’s leading financial centers, gathering information directly at local level. It produces a benchmark and alignment scores to guide each member’s progress.
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The assessment program is a comprehensive information-gathering process covering private and public sector actions and instruments to advance sustainable finance. To support the evolution and progress of these markets, the analysis of FC4S members’ responses produces three 5-level ‘Alignment Scores‘, based on the 3 pillars: institutional foundations, regulatory environment and market infrastructure, in the banking, investment and insurance sub-sectors, as well as in the debt and equity markets.
The FC4S network and Finance for Tomorrow are convinced that reliable market data is essential to establish the necessary confidence in the transition. In the face of the climate emergency, this transparency exercise seems necessary because we can only improve what we can measure. This helps to highlight the transformation of the financial sector, but also to take stock of concrete actions, to demonstrate their feasibility and thus raise the level of collective ambition in the marketplace.
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Also read Discover the ‘Shifting Gears II’ report presenting the summary of the 2020 financial center assessment questionnaire, published in January 2021 by the FC4S network.