Below you find an overview of the members and permanent observers as well as the working groups of the Sustainable Finance Advisory Committee of the Federal Government of the 20th legislative term as a download:
Dr. Anja Rivera de la Cruz
Vitesco Technologies Group AG
Antje Schneeweiß
Arbeitskreis Kirchlicher Investoren in der evangelischen Kirche in Deutschland
Companies are noticing that the government is supporting sustainable investments. Sustainability reporting and a new conception of risk on the part of banking supervisors are as much part of this as the internalisation of external costs e.g. by means of a new supply chain law reinforced by liability provisions.
Birgit Ludwig
BlackRock
Christian Jöst
Jöst abrasives GmbH
Christian Heller
Value Balancing Alliance e.V.
Dr. Claus Stickler
Allianz Investment Management SE
Cornelia Jahnel
COM3 group
Elisabeth Löwenbourg-Brzezinski
Leaders for Climate Action Umweltschutz e.V.
Frank Scheidig
DZ Bank AG
I would like to help Germany develop into the leading location for sustainable finance. The public sector must act as a role model – both with regard to the regulatory framework and financing of the transformation as well as with regard to sustainable investments. There is no Plan(et) B!
Fridtjof Detzner
Planet A Ventures
Georg Schürmann
Triodos Bank N.V. Deutschland
Sustainability means being fit for the future. Creating transparency on the effects of sustainability by means of a mandatory classification system for financial products will contribute to the transformation of the real economy and the financial sector.
Dr. Gerald Podobnik
Deutsche Bank AG
As a forward-looking industrial nation, Germany is focussed on the transformation of the real economy and takes a holistic view of sustainable finance. This approach makes Germany stand out from some other financial centres that are geared purely towards financial products.
Dr. Julia Haake
ESG Specialist
Prof. Dr. Kerstin Lopatta
University Hamburg
Dr. Katrin Leonhardt
Sächsische Aufbaubank
Dr. Klaus Wirbel
REWE Group
Banks and investors will in future focus more strongly on ESG criteria when making investment and lending decisions. Corporate treasuries therefore need to keep developing in order to become catalysts of the necessary transformation towards sustainable development.
Kristina Jeromin
Green and Sustainable Finance Cluster Germany e.V.
The SFC’s report presents us with a historic opportunity. It lays the foundation for a viable financial system that can function as the central pillar for creating economic value in a long-term, competitive fashion. The German government now has an obligation to take action quickly.
Dr. Lothar Rieth
EnBW AG
By pursuing greater transparency in their sustainability performance, all market participants can help shape Germany as a centre for sustainable finance, today and in the future. In this way, they can also make a contribution to the efficient allocation of capital on financial markets in order to achieve climate targets.
Markus Duscha
Fair Finance Institute
Dr. Martina Bentele
Siemens Energy AG
Matthias Kopp
WWF Deutschland
The recommendations are the starting point for the actual implementation. Germany’s federal government must play a central role here, by creating the necessary frameworks and incentives, and setting the right example in this area. The financial system must be geared towards enabling a successful macroeconomic transformation.
Melanie Sack
Institut der Wirtschaftsprüfer in Deutschland e.V.
Dr. Michael Diederich
FC Bayern München AG
Michael Schmidt
LAIQON AG
The success of the Great Transformation – the idea running through all of the SFC’s recommendations – is the foundation for making an industry-based economy like Germany fit for the future. It will lead to sustainability becoming mainstream and to Germany becoming a driver of sustainable finance.
Dr. Michael Menhart
Münchener Rückversicherungsgesellschaft AG
Michael Dittrich
Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt
Dr. Nicolaus Heinen
Deutsche Börse AG
Rolf Tegtmeier
Kreissparkasse Köln
The principle of proportionality, appropriateness and feasibility must be upheld with our customer base in mind. Steering the economy towards a sustainable way of doing business is an ongoing process. Public savings banks will continue to support their customers in achieving this goal.
Silke Stremlau
Hannoversche Kassen
Our work over the last 20 months was gruelling, inspiring, exhausting, exciting and very instructive. But the outcome was above all forward-looking! Today I am very pleased about what we achieved. We laid the groundwork for shaping the sustainable transformation of our economy!
Severin Weig
Heidelberg Materials AG
Prof. Dr. Dr. Stefan Brunnhuber
Lancet-Kommission / Club of Rome
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Volz
Centre for Sustainable Finance (SOAS, University of London) / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik
Wiebke Merbeth
Deloitte Consulting GmbH
Sustainable Finance as an enabler: Regulation and long-term impact analysis must first and foremost empower stakeholders in the transformation. Sustainable finance needs transparent communication, practicability and an understanding of the economic consequences.
Andreas Hilka
Pensionskasse der Mitarbeiter der Hoechst Gruppe VVaG
Only if we take action together, and in a spirit of solidarity, can sustainable finance progress and solve problems. If the recommendations are to have an effect as soon as they need to, we must all put aside our vested interests.
Angela McClellan
Forum Nachhaltige Geldanlagen e.V.
Without sustainability skills, managers, investors and citizens cannot make the decisions we need to create a sustainable, resilient economy.
Antje Schneeweiß
Arbeitskreis Kirchlicher Investoren in der evangelischen Kirche in Deutschland
Companies are noticing that the government is supporting sustainable investments. Sustainability reporting and a new conception of risk on the part of banking supervisors are as much part of this as the internalisation of external costs e.g. by means of a new supply chain law reinforced by liability provisions.
Alexander Bassen
University Hamburg
Transparency creates comparability and discloses the impact of companies. The Council therefore recommends meaningful reporting of the positive and negative impacts on society for as many companies as possible.
Christoph Bals
Germanwatch
Existing structures are not allowing the financial market to realise its potential to leverage the Great Transformation. A swift implementation of forward-looking reporting requirements would finally provide incentives to systematically consider financial climate risks when taking financing and investment decisions.
Christian Vollmuth
Solactive AG
Sustainable finance can only succeed if investors feel they can trust sustainable financial products. Fundamental to this is comparable raw ESG data in a central database that is accessible to and usable by all, free of charge.
Clara Mokry
KENFO – Fonds zur Finanzierung der kerntechnischen Entsorgung
A digital public data infrastructure for financial and sustainability-related company information would provide relief for companies with regard to reporting and would enable sustainable investment decisions for the transformation of the economy and society.
Daniel Schleifer
Vonovia SE
What is particularly important for the transformation of companies is the further integration and forward-looking orientation with regard to reporting and risk management. In this way, non-financial issues are linked directly to the long-term financial development of the company.
Frank Scheidig
DZ Bank AG
I would like to help Germany develop into the leading location for sustainable finance. The public sector must act as a role model – both with regard to the regulatory framework and financing of the transformation as well as with regard to sustainable investments. There is no Plan(et) B!
Frank Sibert
BNP Paribas
Innovation and investment in making industry and society carbon-neutral are essential for reaching the climate action targets. A modern approach for export financing will support the transformation of the economy and strengthen sustainable financial markets – globally!
Georg Schürmann
Triodos Bank N.V. Deutschland
Sustainability means being fit for the future. Creating transparency on the effects of sustainability by means of a mandatory classification system for financial products will contribute to the transformation of the real economy and the financial sector.
Dr. Guido Bader
Stuttgarter Lebensversicherung a.G.
Dr. Gerald Podobnik
Deutsche Bank AG
As a forward-looking industrial nation, Germany is focussed on the transformation of the real economy and takes a holistic view of sustainable finance. This approach makes Germany stand out from some other financial centres that are geared purely towards financial products.
Gerhard Schick
Bürgerbewegung Finanzwende e.V.
The Committee’s recommendations are an important input for leveraging financial markets for the purposes of environmental and climate action. The public savings banks also have a role to play here! Now the German government must present a convincing sustainable finance strategy as soon as possible.
Helge Wulsdorf
Bank für Kirche und Caritas eG
Only if customers know how sustainable financial products actually are will it be possible to mobilise the necessary capital for the Great Transformation. The recommendation to establish a product classification system creates transparency on the way to a sustainable financial sector.
Ingo Speich
Deka Investment GmbH
Financial markets are the drivers of the sustainable transformation. Sustainable finance acts as a catalyst for a more sustainable and future-proof economy that also has an impact on society. Sustainable finance means being fit for the future.
Joachim Goldbeck
Goldbeck Solar GmbH
Internalising external costs and benefits creates a sustainable market equilibrium.
A carbon price path to 2050 that is recognised as a benchmark will accelerate the transformation.
New technologies such as AI must play a key role in sustainable finance.
Kai Lindemann
Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund
A just transition for society as a whole is a fundamental prerequisite for the success of the transformation. This must be the standard by which we measure both public and private investments. A Transformation and Impact Fund would be an effective tool in smoothing the way for the transformation.
Karin Bassler
Arbeitskreis Kirchlicher Investoren in der evangelischen Kirche in Deutschland
As church investors, we care about the impact that financial investments have on the environment, on humanity and on posterity. For this reason, the title of the SFC’s report – “A sustainable financial system to facilitate the Great Transformation” – reflects our concerns. The report explains how these concerns affect a wide range of issues and stakeholders.
Karsten Löffler
Frankfurt School of Finance & Management gGmbH
There was much ado about the Final Report – and the results have lived up to expectations. I am very proud of that. Now it is up to the German government to make the most of the report and translate it into specific policies. This would boost our global competitiveness.
Karsten Neuhoff
Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung e.V.
The financial sector can support companies along the road to carbon neutrality instead of removing them from portfolios because of transition risks. To this end, companies should show in their reporting how they are preparing for a sudden decarbonisation scenario in 2035.
Katharina Latif
Allianz SE
Dr. Klaus Wirbel
REWE Group
Banks and investors will in future focus more strongly on ESG criteria when making investment and lending decisions. Corporate treasuries therefore need to keep developing in order to become catalysts of the necessary transformation towards sustainable development.
Kristina Jeromin
Green and Sustainable Finance Cluster Germany e.V.
The SFC’s report presents us with a historic opportunity. It lays the foundation for a viable financial system that can function as the central pillar for creating economic value in a long-term, competitive fashion. The German government now has an obligation to take action quickly.
Dr. Lothar Rieth
EnBW AG
By pursuing greater transparency in their sustainability performance, all market participants can help shape Germany as a centre for sustainable finance, today and in the future. In this way, they can also make a contribution to the efficient allocation of capital on financial markets in order to achieve climate targets.
Matthias Kopp
WWF Deutschland
The recommendations are the starting point for the actual implementation. Germany’s federal government must play a central role here, by creating the necessary frameworks and incentives, and setting the right example in this area. The financial system must be geared towards enabling a successful macroeconomic transformation.
Michael Schmidt
LAIQON AG
The success of the Great Transformation – the idea running through all of the SFC’s recommendations – is the foundation for making an industry-based economy like Germany fit for the future. It will lead to sustainability becoming mainstream and to Germany becoming a driver of sustainable finance.
Dr. Michael Menhart
Münchener Rückversicherungsgesellschaft AG
Nico Fettes
Carbon Disclosure Project
Sustainable development is often characterised by conflicting goals and interdependencies. This is why it was necessary, and important, that the SFC aimed for structural, comprehensive changes and took a holistic approach in formulating its recommendations.
Petra Pflaum
DWS Group GmbH & Co. KGaA
Achieving holistic sustainable economic structures is the biggest transformational challenge of our generation. It requires holistic competences and extensive data transparency in order to achieve the necessary changes, the foundations of which can be laid today.
Regine Richter
urgewald
The way the German government deals with public funds sets an example that influences the market. The government’s orientation to the Paris climate targets with regard to its own investments, hedges, KfW, public-law entities, and promoting exports, shows what is possible.
Robert Haßler
ISS-oekom
I am proud of the SFC’s work. Such a heterogeneous body has the potential to achieve impressive results – and in this we have succeeded. I sincerely hope that a lot of what is contained in the final report will find its way into work at the political level.
Rolf Tegtmeier
Kreissparkasse Köln
The principle of proportionality, appropriateness and feasibility must be upheld with our customer base in mind. Steering the economy towards a sustainable way of doing business is an ongoing process. Public savings banks will continue to support their customers in achieving this goal.
Silke Stremlau
Hannoversche Kassen
Our work over the last 20 months was gruelling, inspiring, exhausting, exciting and very instructive. But the outcome was above all forward-looking! Today I am very pleased about what we achieved. We laid the groundwork for shaping the sustainable transformation of our economy!
Stefan Haver
Evonik Industries AG
The key to acceptance and implementation lies in a wise balance between economic, environmental and social criteria. Feasibility – this will be the measure of success for the recommendations that the SFC has now presented.
Dr. Thomas Diekmann
VHV Allgemeine Versicherung AG
Ulrike Bastian
BMW Group
Wiebke Merbeth
BayernInvest Kapitalverwaltungsgesellschaft mbH
Sustainable Finance as an enabler: Regulation and long-term impact analysis must first and foremost empower stakeholders in the transformation. Sustainable finance needs transparent communication, practicability and an understanding of the economic consequences.