{"id":20828,"date":"2020-01-28T08:42:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-28T08:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/starthostunlimiteddmffassi-ss.stackstaging.com\/etfworld.co.uk\/?p=20828"},"modified":"2020-02-05T10:50:24","modified_gmt":"2020-02-05T10:50:24","slug":"novethic-the-major-trends-in-the-european-market-for-sustainable-finance-labels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etfworld.com\/co.uk\/novethic-the-major-trends-in-the-european-market-for-sustainable-finance-labels\/","title":{"rendered":"Novethic : The major trends in the European market for sustainable finance labels"},"content":{"rendered":"

Novethic unveils the major trends in the European market for sustainable finance labels marked by intense activity in 2019…..<\/p>\n

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Remy Briand, MSCI Head of ESG<\/strong><\/p>\n

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New edition of the overview of european sustainable finance labels<\/strong><\/p>\n

Increasing number of funds being labelled in Europe<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fossil fuel exclusion is mainstreaming<\/strong><\/p>\n

In less than a year, the number of labelled funds has doubled to reach more than 800 funds at the end of the year, while the volume of assets under management has tripled.<\/p>\n

Another strong trend is the nearly systematic exclusion of most fossil fuels in the criteria of a majority of labels, with the exception of the French SRI label.<\/p>\n

\u25ba LABELS IN FULL EXPANSION IN A CONTEXT OF INTRA-EUROPEAN COMPETITION<\/strong><\/p>\n

The publication of the first list of funds of the Belgian Towards Sustainability standard was a new landmark in the European landscape of sustainable finance labels, along the extensive promotional campaign for the French SRI label on Parisian buses.<\/p>\n

The two labels are, the heavyweights of this European overview study.<\/p>\n

Although, in the race for the highest number of funds, the French SRI label took the lead with 321 labelled funds against 265, it is the Belgian Towards Sustainability that wins by one billion with \u20ac139bn in assets under management, against \u20ac138bn for the SRI label.<\/p>\n

There is strong competition between the different countries developing sustainable finance schemes, each hoping to impose its own standard.<\/p>\n

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\u25ba A COMMON FEATURE: THE EXCLUSION OF FOSSIL FUELS<\/strong><\/p>\n

While the exclusion of fossil fuels is a prerequisite for environmental labels, it is now practiced by all sustainable finance labels, with the exception of the French SRI label and LuxGLAG ESG & Environment.<\/p>\n

The thresholds applied by ESG standards such as the German FNG and the Belgian Towards Sustainability vary but remain demanding.<\/p>\n

Beyond coal, each set of label guidelines comes with technical distinctions between different types of fossil fuel production and extraction, which this study helps to understand.<\/p>\n

The application of the exclusion criteria is generally based on the revenue share of a company directly related to an excluded activity.<\/p>\n

\u25ba GREEN LABELS: A NICHE OF VARYING SIZE<\/strong><\/p>\n

Green funds remain a minority share of the offer labelled funds. There are around thirty of them, representing about \u20ac15bn in assets under management.<\/p>\n

Additionally, the criteria of the “hybrid” label Nordic Swan allow to reward ESG funds with a significant green share.<\/p>\n

The methodologies of green labels are fairly similar. They are based on the combination of two strategies to guarantee the environmental qualities of the funds: the reference to a taxonomy of eco-activities in which a given percentage of the fund must be invested.<\/p>\n

Novethic’s analytical work shows that the thresholds are extremely variable.<\/p>\n

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Source: ETFWorld.co.uk<\/p>\n

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