DECRYPTION – To allow savers to see things more clearly, the stock market policeman wants more clarity.
The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) wants to clean up “green” financial products. These investments have gradually imposed themselves in the offer of banks and insurers, but despite a profusion of labels (ESG, SRI, etc.) and new rules on a European scale, these investments are regularly accused of not fail to deliver on their sustainability promises.
To allow savers to see things more clearly, the stock market policeman wants more clarity. For example? That the funds supposed to be the most virtuous in terms of sustainability exclude “investments in fossil fuel sector activities”. Or that a “minimum proportion of portfolio assets” is aligned with the new European taxonomy, which classifies economic activities according to their favorable impact on the environment. Despite great promises, this is not always the case.
Commercial stake
The SFDR (Sustainable Finance Disclosure) regulation, a new version of which has entered into…