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Discover the latest news from the Institut de la Finance Durable and its ecosystem

  • News Publication
    # Sustainable finance EU regulations
    11/06/2025
    IFD’s contribution to the European Commission’s review of the SFDR regulation
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  • Publication Press release
    # Biodiversity
    05/06/2025
    Paris financial center initiatives on blue finance
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  • Publication
    # Biodiversity
    02/06/2025
    “DEFi” Conference summary : ” Business-Finance dialogue on solutions and actions for nature 3
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  • Publication Press release
    # Financing solutions for the ecological transition
    21/05/2025
    Publication of the report “Financing the agricultural transition: obstacles and levers”.
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  • Publication
    # Impact finance
    14/05/2025
    Impact potential evaluation grid – real estate assets
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  • Publication
    # Sustainable finance EU regulations
    12/05/2025
    Position Paper on the Omnibus simplification directive
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  • Publication
    # Financing the ecological transition in developing countries
    30/04/2025
    Institut de la Finance Durable and BCG publish a report on catalytic capital to accelerate private sector involvement in development financing
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  • Press release
    # Events
    02/04/2025
    Ecological transition: a return to a long-term strategic vision
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  • Publication
    # Biodiversity
    19/02/2025
    COP16: The Paris Financial Centre calls for a clearer framework and stays committed to biodiversity
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Our missions

Created in October 2022, the Institut de la Finance Durable, a branch of Paris EUROPLACE, aims to coordinate, federate and accelerate the Paris financial marketplace’s action to achieve the ecological transition and transform the economy towards a low-carbon and inclusive model, aligned with the objectives of the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals. It brings together all the private, public and institutional players in the Paris financial center, and represents the financial center’s positions at European and international level.

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Our work

The Institut de la Finance Durable brings together its members in working groups structured around an action plan and publications.

Extra-financial analysis

Work to standardize ESG performance and risk analysis methods.

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Financing solutions for the ecological transition

Identify financing and investment needs for the ecological transition and propose financing levers and incentive measures.

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Impact Commission

Promote the development of robust, transparent impact finance and harmonize practices.

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Collective data of Paris financial centre

The Institut de la Finance Durable works with the main financial federations to collect relevant data, divided into three categories – climate, fossil fuels and ESG – in order to monitor the dynamics of the marketplace.

€337 billion
of green and sustainable loans outstanding in 2023

an increase of over 50% in one year, and multiplied by 4.4 since 2020 for French banks. (Source : FBF)

+5,8%
of assets in responsible investments

for management companies in 2023, after +6.9% in 2022. (Source: AFG)

1,1%
exposure to fossil fuels for insurers by the end of 2023

including 0.2% from thermal coal and 0.9% from oil and gas. (Source: France Assureurs)

IFD 2025 meetings

Les Rencontres de l’IFD, the Paris financial center’s new must-attend event for sustainable finance, brought together all the players in the ecosystem contributing to the success of the ecological transition for a day of high-level debates on March 31, 2025, at the Ministry of the Economy and Finance: representatives of public authorities, business and financial institution leaders, trade unions and experts.

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What is sustainable finance?

This refers to all financial practices aimed at reorganizing the financial system and flows to integrate the challenges of ecological transition and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals set by the UN.