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Projects

What we work on

FaFin realises a wide range of projects, information on which can be found here.

Projects that were carried out under Markus Duscha’s freelance work and not in FaFin gGmbH (more under History), are labelled accordingly.

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Nature Credits

State of knowledge, analysis of approaches and development of recommendations for action

Nature credits are intended to help mobilise private investment for nature conservation and ecosystem restoration. Interest in such instruments has risen significantly in recent years. International agreements such as the 2022 Global Biodiversity Framework explicitly call for the use of private capital alongside increased public funding. Currently, stakeholders such as the European Commission and various international bodies and initiatives are increasingly developing concepts and pilot markets for Nature Credits and issuing them through initial programmes.
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EU Sustainable Finance Framework

Ensuring Consistency and Ambition

The project on the EU Sustainable Finance Framework aims to ensure ambitious and consistent criteria in the EU sustainable finance framework. Its instruments (e.g. EU Taxonomy, CSRD, SFDR, etc.) need to be ambitious to include economic sectors that meet ambitious environmental requirements
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Rethinking municipal finances (workshop series)

Against the backdrop of current developments in the field of sustainable finance, the project aims to develop concrete, innovative and structural solutions in a series of workshops together with relevant stakeholders.
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Interdisciplinary research

Realising scientific projects

FaFin conducts research into a sustainable monetary and financial system. To this end, it brings together different perspectives, scientific disciplines and institutions.

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Opening up transformative learning and experience spaces

FaFin enables people, organisations and systems for the necessary socio-ecological transformation.

Shaping together

Creating momentum for sustainability

The monetary and financial system requires a variety of changes for a successful socio-ecological transformation. FaFin makes concrete contributions to this.

Initiating networks

Bringing people together

FaFin has a broad network and is itself an initiator of networks. The aim is to implement projects together and support cooperation between different people and organisations.

Promoting dialogue

Giving space to professional debates

FaFin organises its own events to promote professional exchange on a sustainable monetary and financial system and offers leaders space for open discourse.

Dealing with challenges

Thinking and acting systemically

FaFin pursues a comprehensive approach that goes far beyond traditional sustainable finance topics and combines issues such as climate, monetary and financial policy.

Publications

Our publications

FaFin’s work includes producing publications on the results of research projects, evaluations, collaborations and analyses. They are available for download here.

If the year of publication is before 2024, they were created before the transfer of the Fair Finance Institute to the legal form of a gGmbH (more under History).

Funds Donation Component

Pilot Study: Funds with a Donation Component

Survey and analysis of funds that allocate part of their income to social and ecological causes (English Summary)

This pilot study provides, for the first time, an overview of funds with a donation component that are approved for distribution in Germany, Austria, and/or Switzerland (the DACH region). It contains aggregated data on the funds, the donation models, as well as the amount and use of the donations. In addition, it shows whether platforms and European labels for sustainable financial products take donation components into account, offers insights into different perspectives from interviews with 16 experts, and includes profiles of specific funds with a donation component.
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Sustainable Finance in the region

Proposal for a Local Sustainable Finance Action Plan – Munich

Due to the considerable investment requirements, the financing of initiatives and investments represents a challenge for climate and environmental protection, especially at municipal level. This also applies to Munich, which aims to become climate-neutral by 2035.
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Climate and environmental reporting by German companies

Evaluation of the CSR reporting obligation for 2018 and 2019

The survey showed that climate change is the dominant environmental issue. There is little quantitative information on other environmental issues. Biodiversity and air are the worst performers.
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Country Report #2: Germany

Focus Note Series on Fintech for Sustainability: Landscapes and Key Opportunities

The publication also looks at the technologies used by fintechs and the status of political and regulatory approaches as well as existing gaps in this regard.

Events

The Fair Finance Institute organises its own events and develops its own training and event formats. One of these is the Future of Fair Finance, which has been held regularly since 2018.

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Since 2018, the Future of Fair Finance event series has been bringing sustainable finance expertise from the major financial centres directly to the regions. The aim is to create interactive learning spaces to turn local people with multiplier potential into pioneers in the field of sustainable finance.

The content covers topics such as regulation at national and European level, local politics, the housing market, climate protection and much more. The Future of Fair Finance will offer high-level keynotes with renowned experts in sustainable finance and social entrepreneurship as well as interactive formats for business and financial sector executives and representatives from politics, municipal administration, non-profit organisations and foundations.

More information, including on previous Future of Fair Finance events, which we organise together with Starkmacher e.V. and other supporters, can be found at www.future-of-fair-finance.de. Information on current events can be found in the Calender (in German).

Cooperations

The Fair Finance Institute works with the following organisations, among others:

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This part of the website is still under construction. We will soon be adding information on further co-operation partners.
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