Financial, Sustainable Finance, ESG Issues, Consob,
Consob draws attention to the current investor protection measures applicable to intermediaries that provide investment services, if they address customers with an offer characterized by sustainability profiles (Attention call no. 1/20 of 12 March 2020). The so-called ESG issues (environmental, social, governance) have become, increasingly frequently, drivers for the distribution of investment products / services. Retail savers are also showing attention to "sustainability" profiles when choosing their investments. Pending the application of the legislative measures on sustainable finance being defined in the European context, the current regulatory framework already provides relevant indications for the intermediaries referred to in the Consob document. In the "Guidelines...
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