21-02-2018 14:30
Public hearing on Sustainable Finance

Public hearing on sustainable finance
Sustainable finance © EP

On Wednesday 21 February at 14h30 the ECON Committee has heard experts on the subject of sustainable finance.

Erik Usher, Head of the UNEP Finance Initiative, Emeritus Professor Michel Aglietta of CEPII and Dr. Joshua Ryan-Collins, senior associate of the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP), have addressed the committee. The hearing has taken place in the context of ECON's own-initiative Report on sustainable finance. Earlier this month Christian Thimann, the Chair of the High-Level Working Group on Sustainable Finance (HLEG), has presented the final recommendations of the HLEG.