To find out more about Luxembourg visit: https://gouvernement.lu/en.html
Other Videos
-
Hancock Natural Resource Group: Investing Beyond Today
HNRG is one of the world’s largest natural resource managers for institutional investors.
HNRG occupies a unique position as a steward of assets and land: find out how they are using this position to influence positive sustainability. -
Building synergy: Vermilion Energy Inc. creates geothermal energy from traditional oil production
Shared value principles boost economic and social capacity
An innovative exchange between tomato greenhouses and oil production demonstrates how partnerships can play a critical role in the energy transition. -
Konica Minolta: Digital Responsibility for a sustainable society
Konica Minolta strives for economic and social value through innovations. It includes how digitalisation can be done in a more sustainable way or to use digitisation for sustainable solutions. -
Our vision for sustainability
Successful business must act responsibly
Taking action on climate change is a priority. Legal & General challenge the companies they invest in to take carbon reduction seriously and contribute to a climate positive future. -
The Panasonic Approach To Sustainability
Panasonic’s view of sustainability is deeply rooted in its management philosophy, which has remained unchanged for the last 100 years. As such, it is reflected in the principles laid down by the founder, Konosuke Matsushita, who called for the company to “make contributions to the progress of society and the well-being of people through our business activities.” As the company proceeds with its next 100 years, this spirit is still very much alive, as expressed in Panasonic’s corporate slogan, “A Better Life, A Better World,” which was established in 2013. -
Siemens: Advancing technologies to serve society
With a 172-year history, thinking and acting in the interest of future generations is part of our company’s DNA. Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet theirs can only be accomplished by adopting long-term thinking and creating the foundations for sustainable development.
Our understanding of sustainability is fully based on our company values – responsible, excellent, innovative. -
How can the legal sector drive sustainability?
The rule of law is central to stable society, and driving global sustainability
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, tracing its history to 1743, is one of the most prestigious multinational law firms in the world. How are they contributing to the SDGs? Find out more here: bloomberg.com/ad/tbd-media/50-sustainability–climate-leaders -
Olayan Saudi Holding Company: Giving Commitment and Drive a Fair Chance
Olayan Saudi Holding views gender equality as beneficial and right
People are the greatest asset to this business. Olayan Saudi Holding Company cultivates an inclusive environment with an equal playing field.
Luxembourg: A financial centre at the heart of sustainable finance
Meeting the ambitions of the Paris Agreement on climate change and reaching the sustainable development goals will require unprecedented levels of investment over the coming years. Using Luxembourg as an example, this film explores how financial centres can contribute to moving from billions to trillions of sustainable investment, notably by leveraging private and public investment and channeling investment into sustainable and climate-friendly projects.
From listing the world’s first green bond to labelling sustainable investment funds: When it comes to sustainable finance Luxembourg has indeed long been a pioneer and a first mover. As one of Europe’s leading international financial centres, Luxembourg is today globally recognised as an ideal platform to assist companies, governments and investors around the world to meet their sustainable development targets, supporting a range of activities from responsible investment funds and blended finance to sustainable development bond listings and ESG fund labelling.
Luxembourg is the primary centre for listing green bonds, with a global market share of more than 50%, and the leading European domicile for responsible investment and impact funds, accounting for 39% of European responsible investment funds and 45% of European environment strategy funds.
Since 2016, the Luxembourg government, under the lead of the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry for the Environment, has launched several innovative projects in partnership with the financial industry as well as international institutions. These initiatives include:
An innovative climate finance platform with the European Investment Bank to mitigate the risk of climate investments and thus allowing the private sector to co-invest in funds dedicated to climate change adaptation and mitigation;
the International Climate Finance Accelerator, which supports innovative climate fund managers action in their fund raising and provides operational support in launching their investment funds;
the Forestry and Climate Change Fund, a pioneering impact fund aiming to demonstrate that sustainable forestry within secondary and degraded tropical forests generates economic, ecological and social value.
In 2016, the Luxembourg Stock Exchange also launched the Luxembourg Green Exchange (LGX), the world’s first platform exclusively dedicated to the listing of green, sustainable and social bonds as well as sustainable and responsible investment funds. LGX, with its enhanced transparency and reporting standards, channels investment into sustainable projects and, through stringent eligibility criteria, also contributes significantly to the definition of a global sustainable investment taxonomy.
For more than a decade, Luxembourg has moreover been contributing to setting best practices and increasing transparency in the responsible investment sector through its fund labelling agency LuxFLAG, reassuring investors that a product invests in the given sector in a sustainable and transparent manner. It confers labels for specific investment fund strategies such as microfinance, ESG, environment and climate finance.
As nodes connecting public, institutional and private investors with financial products and services, financial centres have an important role to play as catalysts to help mainstream sustainable finance.