Sustainable finance – investing with impact and vision

Sustainable finance is a crucial success factor for lasting transformation of the economy and society. Businesses and players in the financial market face the challenge of systematically integrating ESG criteria into their decision processes, for instance in investment strategies, private equity investments, lending, and choosing financing instruments such as green bonds.

Financial market players, on the one hand, can leverage the opportunities offered by sustainable technologies and business models, and provide targeted capital to companies that operate with an eye toward the future and effectively manage the transition to sustainable business practices. We support them throughout the investment cycle, from integrating ESG into their investment strategy to transforming their portfolio companies. Businesses, on the other hand, face growing demands to meet sustainability requirements imposed by their investors. We empower our clients in the real economy to meet ESG criteria and benefit from sustainable financing.

Our approach to consultancy combines an understanding of capital markets and expertise in sustainability. We support companies from the real economy and the financial sector in understanding and leveraging the relevant ESG requirements, drawing on our extensive knowledge of the drivers of sustainable investments, as well as regulatory developments and market trends.

EU taxonomy: efficiently implementing complex requirements

The Taxonomy Regulation aims to create uniform standards for sustainable economic activity across the EU, thereby directing investment towards ‘green‘ business practices. The biggest challenge for companies: meeting the Regulation’s stringent criteria to be counted as ‘sustainable‘. Moreover, existing systems of accounting are generally not designed to collect taxonomy metrics.

We support you in implementing the Taxonomy Regulation’s requirements, adapting your IT systems and processes and preparing your reporting. We also create synergies with further regulations, such as the CSRD and SFDR.

ESG ratings and investor relations: making sustainability visible

ESG ratings and investor relations offer the opportunity to strengthen investor confidence and improve access to financing. This requires targeted handling of complex data on sustainability. We support you in communicating your ESG data in a manner appropriate for the capital market, selecting or improving relevant ratings, preparing communication formats and integrating sustainability into your corporate financing.

Depending on your needs, we work closely with specialists in other areas of expertise, particularly in ESG management and related fields.

ESG transaction guidance: insights for informed decisions

ESG information provides valuable insights into opportunities and risks that can be decisive for enterprise valuation and development. In transaction projects, we identify this information and provide it to the relevant parties. Our experts accompany you from ESG due diligence, on both the buyer and the seller side, to the development of concrete action plans for portfolio companies: We provide targeted identification of your sustainability issues and customise them to your processes.

If you would like to learn more about sustainable finance, please feel free to contact our experts.

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