Sustainable finance: ready to go any further
(WorldNews Africa)

On 8 March, the European Commission -EC- released its Action Plan -AP- on Financing Sustainable Growth under the Capital Markets Union initiative. The AP significantly relies upon the Final Report of the High-Level Expert Group released on 31 January. The final goal of the EC is fully embedding sustainable finance at the core of the EU financial system from an economic and financial rationale with a long-term perspective. It will allow for channelling funds towards the improvement of a stable economic growth. That will ultimately foster the aggregated social welfare function of the EU people thanks to more and better jobs in an enhanced environmental, social, economic and governance context....