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Sustainable finance

What are EIOPA’s main areas of activity?

Through its work on sustainable finance, EIOPA aims to ensure that (re)insurers and occupational pension funds integrate sustainability risks in their risk management to protect consumers and secure financial stability. In doing so, EIOPA aims to ensure that insurers and pension funds can continue to offer relevant and affordable risk management solutions against natural catastrophes or old age poverty.

EIOPA’s activities on sustainable finance reflect the need for global action to enable decisive progress on the transition to a more sustainable economy. Sustainable finance is a strategic priority area in EIOPA’s work programme 2023-2025, and the Commission’s Strategy for financing the transition to a sustainable economy encapsulates work by EIOPA in delivering on the Green Deal.

In line with EIOPA’s founding regulation and sectoral regulation on insurance and occupation pensions,  EIOPA’s 7 key areas of activity on sustainable finance for 2022-2024 are the following:

  1. Integrate ESG risks in the prudential framework of insurers and pension funds
  2. Consolidate the macro/microprudential risk assessment of ESG risks
  3. Promote sustainability disclosures and a sustainable conduct of business framework
  4. Support supervision of ESG risks and supervisory convergence in the EU
  5. Address protection gaps
  6. Promote the use of open source modelling and data in relation to climate change risks
  7. Contribute to international convergence for the assessment and management of sustainability risks
31 JANUARY 2023
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Tackling greenwashing

The increase in consumers’ demand for investments with sustainability-related features was followed by an increase in offerings with sustainability-related features, giving rise to the risk of greenwashing. EIOPA, in its 2022 Consumer Trends Report, had already warned about a possible increase of greenwashing related risks, and highlighted the need to monitor and mitigate it.

EIOPA as well as the other European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) have received a request for input from the European Commission on greenwashing risks in relation to sustainability claims and the supervision of sustainable finance policies. The request addresses three main areas: understanding and better monitoring greenwashing and related financial risks; taking stock of the implementation and supervision of sustainable finance policies aimed at preventing/addressing greenwashing; and assessing the supervisory and enforcement response. 

How to stay informed about our work?

EIOPA organizes regular Roundtables on Sustainable Finance to discuss past and upcoming work and the vital role that insurance and pensions play in strengthening society’s resilience to sustainability risks.

Our roundtables gather participants from Stakeholder Groups, the European Commission, representatives of the insurance and pensions, asset management and rating industries, and representatives of consumers associations and civil society.

Roundtables are public events and registrations are open to everyone.

Check our events calendar

Cooperation on sustainable finance

Climate change does not stop at borders. As a member of the Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS), the Sustainable Insurance Forum (SIF) and the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS), EIOPA cooperates with European and international supervisory and standard-setting bodies to establish convergent supervisory practices for  sustainability risks in the financial services sector.

EIOPA’s deliverables on sustainable finance

Find out more about our work in this area. Here below search for news, reports, consultations, as well as speeches, interviews and events in the area of sustainable finance.

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  • Factsheet

Insurers green investments

To meet the EU’s climate targets and help speed up society’s transition to a net-zero economy, investments in sustainable activities are needed.

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  • General publications

2022 IORP Climate Stress Test Report

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) has carried out its first climate stress test for the Institutions for Occupational Retirement Provisions (IORPs) sector in the European Economic Area (EEA) to gain insights into the effects of environmental risks on the...

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Occupational pensions stress testReport
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Interview with Bankovnictví conducted by Martina Sobková, Deputy Editor in Chief and Tomáš Houdek, Editor in Chief

One of the biggest worldwide problems in insurance is the question of lacking coverage. How is the situation in the EU and what is EIOPA doing to close protection gaps?Indeed, protection gaps can be observed in multiple segments of the insurance world, such as in cyber, pandemic, or natural...

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Protection gapSustainabilityFinancial stability
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ESAs Final Report on disclosures for fossil gas and nuclear energy investments under SFDR

The European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) have developed through the Joint Committee (JC) draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) with regard to the content and presentation of information to be provided in pre-contractual documents, on websites, and in periodic reports about the exposure of...

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