ECOS | Environmental Coalition on Standards

Environmental transparency

Sustainable finance and corporate reporting

Current market dynamics favour short-term profits over the long-term well-being of the planet. Bringing our economies within planetary boundaries requires an urgent shift in how business is done. However, without strong and standardised methodologies to assess the environmental impacts of investments, companies and financial institutions cannot minimise their negative impacts, and stakeholders cannot make informed business decisions. Our aim is to ensure sustainable finance and corporate reporting frameworks are accurate, accessible, and usable for key stakeholders – including investors, competitors, and consumers – to play their vital roles in transitioning towards a truly green economy.

What we are working on

  • We guide policymakers and empower civil society to hold corporations and investors to account with strong legislation.
  • ECOS influences corporate reporting frameworks and pushes for ambitious and robust sustainability reporting standards in European regulation and in global voluntary standards.
  • We shape corporate strategies and improve sustainability performance, including the development of disclosure requirements to be applied by over 50,000 companies in Europe.
  • We direct investors’ capital towards truly circular and sustainable activities.
Who we work with

Alliances and campaigns

Contact person
Mariana López Dávila
Senior Programme Manager [email protected]

ECOS is co-funded by the European Commission and EFTA Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or EISMEA. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.

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