{"id":4169,"date":"2026-04-07T13:00:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T11:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/air4p.de\/?p=4169"},"modified":"2026-04-07T13:09:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T11:09:42","slug":"position-paper-on-voluntary-sustainability-labels-as-part-of-the-sfdr-2-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/air4p.de\/en\/position-paper-on-voluntary-sustainability-labels-as-part-of-the-sfdr-2-0\/","title":{"rendered":"Position Paper on Voluntary Sustainability Labels as Part of the SFDR 2.0"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4169\" class=\"elementor elementor-4169 elementor-4168\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c6ee859 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c6ee859\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5dc9eaf\" data-id=\"5dc9eaf\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47200fb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"47200fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"198\">As part of the revision of SFDR 2.0, a consultation response was submitted to the European Commission addressing the <a href=\"https:\/\/air4p.de\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Consultation-Response-SFDR-Label.pdf\">role of voluntary sustainability labels<\/a> within the European regulatory framework.<\/p><p data-start=\"200\" data-end=\"454\">The starting point is the observation that the proposed regulatory product categories provide an important foundation for improving transparency and comparability, but in practice cannot fully capture all differences in sustainable investment strategies.<\/p><p data-start=\"456\" data-end=\"821\">The response therefore advocates for the continued explicit recognition of voluntary sustainability labels within the SFDR framework. Such labels can serve as a complementary instrument to highlight sustainability performance beyond regulatory minimum requirements, strengthen the credibility of sustainability claims, and provide additional guidance for investors.<\/p><p data-start=\"823\" data-end=\"1055\">A combination of a regulatory baseline and voluntary quality differentiation can help to showcase best practices in the market, create incentives for innovation, and enhance the overall credibility of sustainable financial products.<\/p><p data-start=\"1057\" data-end=\"1226\"><strong>Consultation submission:<\/strong><br data-start=\"1074\" data-end=\"1077\" \/><a class=\"decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/info\/law\/better-regulation\/have-your-say\/initiatives\/14666-Revision-of-EU-rules-on-sustainable-finance-disclosure\/F33387837_en\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"1077\" data-end=\"1224\">https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/info\/law\/better-regulation\/have-your-say\/initiatives\/14666-Revision-of-EU-rules-on-sustainable-finance-disclosure\/F33387837_en<\/a><\/p><p data-start=\"1228\" data-end=\"1390\"><strong data-start=\"1228\" data-end=\"1260\">Participating organisations:<\/strong><br data-start=\"1260\" data-end=\"1263\" \/>F.I.R.S.T. e.V. \u00b7 Advanced Impact Research GmbH (AIR) \u00b7 Forum Nachhaltige Geldanlage e.V. (FNG) \u00b7 University of Hamburg (UHH)<\/p><p data-start=\"1392\" data-end=\"1517\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">AIR would like to thank all participating partners and experts for the constructive collaboration and valuable contributions.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of the revision of SFDR 2.0, a consultation response was submitted to the European Commission addressing the role [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/air4p.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/air4p.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/air4p.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/air4p.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/air4p.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4169"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/air4p.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4184,"href":"https:\/\/air4p.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4169\/revisions\/4184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/air4p.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/air4p.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/air4p.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}