Sustainable Finance Legislation in the EU

This chapter establishes the scope of the assessment under international trade law conducted in the following chapters. To this end, this chapter details the legal provisions the assessment will be based on. It explores the EU’s extensive existing Sustainable Finance legislation and categorizes them into instruments of Sustainable Finance. These instruments either follow a prudential approach to rechannelling private capital, or a fiscal approach by using the EU’s public financial resources. This chapter also sheds light on current EU regulatory processes, which are set to be introduced or materialize in the upcoming years. This includes proposals for further Sustainable Finance regulation voiced by working groups and panels within the EU.