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THE INITIATIVE

Nonprofit think tanks

Founded in 2012 by Stan Dupre, the 2° Investing Initiative (2Dii) is composed of nonprofit organisations producing policy and technical research on sustainable finance under the trademark "2° Investing Initiative". Each chapter is managed by a separate nonprofit with its own governance.

Mission

The research aims at making financial regulatory frameworks consistant with climate policy goals. It focuses on the development of metrics, open-source fintech tools and policy recommendations to foster the integration of climate goals into investment and financing decisions in the finance sector.  

Traction

With about 40M€ of public and philanthropic grants raised since its inception, the initiative has become the largest research center on climate-related financial metrics globally. It has partnered with the leading financial institutions globally, as well as public and supervisory authorities in the UK, France, Switzerland, California, Japan, EU level and beyond. 

Main achievements to date

Paris-Aligned Investing

Mandatory Climate-related Financial Disclosure

Sustainable Financial Regulation

Stan Dupre coined the concept of 'aligning investment and lending strategies with climate goals' in 2010.  2Dii  has contributed to turn it into an assessment methodology, a tool and a regulatory framework (French Article 173) in 2015. The approach has then be adopted by dozens of financial institutions and governments.

Sustainable Financial Regulation

Mandatory Climate-related Financial Disclosure

Sustainable Financial Regulation

2Dii first presented a blue print to make EU financial regulations consistent with climate policy goals in 2010. The concept has then been socialized by 2Dii and  the UNEP Inquiry and the EU HLEG. It is now implemented by dozens of public authorities and central banks, in Europe and beyond.

Mandatory Climate-related Financial Disclosure

Mandatory Climate-related Financial Disclosure

Mandatory Climate-related Financial Disclosure

2Dii coined the idea of mandatory disclosure on climate alignment and risk in the finance sector. 2Dii then provided critical contributions to the introduction of the first regulations and public programs in France, UK, Switzerland, California,  and Europe. 

Offsprings

Open-source software 'PACTA'

Data provider 'Asset Resolution'

Data provider 'Asset Resolution'

PACTA is the leading climate scenario analysis tool in the finance sector. The related software and methodology are open-source and developed collectively.

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Data provider 'Asset Resolution'

Data provider 'Asset Resolution'

Data provider 'Asset Resolution'

Asset Resolution's data powers PACTA. The entity is owned by 2° Investing Initiative France and governed by a board composed of NGOs.

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Digital advisor 'My Fair Money'

Digital advisor 'My Fair Money'

Digital advisor 'My Fair Money'

My Fair Money is a digital platform delivering advice on sustainable finance to German consumers. It is operated by '2° Investing Initiative' Germany.

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French Governmental program

Digital advisor 'My Fair Money'

Digital advisor 'My Fair Money'

Finance ClimAct is a 40M€ multi-stakeholder program led by the French environmental agency ADEME that aims at implementing sustainable finance in France. 

2° Investing Initiative France has co-designed it and led the fundraising efforts.

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Focus on 2Dii contribution to EU reforms

Putting the topic on the agenda

With its first paper 'Connecting the dots' published in 2012, 2Dii has been the first organisation to publish a blueprint for  making EU financial regulation consistent with climate and sustainability policy goals. A few months later, the think tank and its partners have been commissioned by the EC to provide a more detailed set of recommendations. 

Paving the way with policy research

Funded by EU grants, 2Dii developed methodological and policy research on climate-related disclosure for financial institutions, climate stress-testing, the shortcomings of the MIFID reform, the climate misalignment of benchmarks, the mismatch of time horizons, etc.  From 2013 to 2017, 2Dii became the main research center on the topic.

High Level Expert Group (HLEG)

In 2018, 2Dii's founder and CEO became one of the 20 members of the HLEG on sustainable finance. He has notably drafted the recommendations of the reform of MIFID/IDD, disclosure requirements, the EU Ecolabel on financial products and the reform of the Supervisors duties. The HLEG report has then been turned into an EC action plan, and eventually a regulatory package. 

Partnerships with national authorities

To support the implementation of the regulatory package, 2Dii developed partnership with European and national public and supervisory authorities to implement climate scenario analysis (PACTA program) and support integration of sustainability into financial advice (Finance Clima'ACT).

+200 conferences and workshops organized in +30 countries since 2012

They supported 2° Investing Initiative's work

Public funders

Private funders

Examples of grants raised for collective projects

Finance ClimAct (€10M)

Level EEI Investments (2M€)

Level EEI Investments (2M€)

Five-year 38M€ project: the public authorities and key stakeholders implement the EU sustainable finance action plan in France. Projet design, recruitment of the consortium and 10M€ EU grant (Life IP) raised in 2019.

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Level EEI Investments (2M€)

Level EEI Investments (2M€)

Level EEI Investments (2M€)

The three year project 'Level the playing field for Energy Efficiency Investment products'' aims at developing a EU legal framework and upgrade supervisory practices on green marketing and distribution of retail investment products. EU grant (H2020) raised in 2019.

SEI Metrics (€2.5M)

Level EEI Investments (2M€)

SEI Metrics (€2.5M)

The three year research project 'Sustainable Energy Investment Metrics' developed climate scenario analysis for portfolios and led to PACTA. EU grant (H2020) raised in 2014.

Project website

InvECAT (€1.5M)

Tragedy of the Horizon ($1M)

SEI Metrics (€2.5M)

The three year project aims at creating an international methodological framework for climate actions and target setting in the finance sector. EU grant (H2020) raised in 2018.

Project Factsheet

Tragedy of the Horizon ($1M)

Tragedy of the Horizon ($1M)

Tragedy of the Horizon ($1M)

Three year research project to document short-termism across the finance sector. Grants  from the Generation Foundation and the EIB, raised in 2015-16.

Project website

Entities operating under the 2° Investing Initiative brand

2° Investing Initiative Association loi 1901

2° Investing Initiative Association loi 1901

2° Investing Initiative Association loi 1901

Paris & London

2° Investing Initiative Deutschland

2° Investing Initiative Association loi 1901

2° Investing Initiative Association loi 1901

Berlin & Brussels

2° America Inc.

2° Investing Initiative for Citizens (new)

2° Investing Initiative for Citizens (new)

New York City & Houston, Texas

2° Investing Initiative for Citizens (new)

2° Investing Initiative for Citizens (new)

2° Investing Initiative for Citizens (new)

Paris 

Growth and governance

2011-2012

The trademark 2° Investing Initiative has been registered by Stan Dupre and the related activities incubated as a program by 2° Investing Ventures (legal name: Beyond Financials SA).

2012-2015

In 2012, the first entity (nonprofit, non-commercial) operating under the trademark 2° Investing Initiative has been incorporated in France. It is a member-based organisation governed by an elected board of directors. 

2016-2020

Affiliated non-for-profit entities have been incorporated in the US (NY) and Germany, each governed by a board of directors. They have offices in London and Brussels, a staff of about 40 people and a global  annual budget of +6M€. The network was coordinated by the founder and CEO until 2020.

2021

The affiliation agreement has been formally terminated, although the activities of some entities are still coordinated. A forth legal entity (non-for-profit, non commercial), "2° Investing Initiative for Citizens" governed by its own boards and independent from the others has been incorporated in 2020 to manage the "2° Investing Initiative" trademark.

This page presents the activities developed under the trademark 

'2° Investing Initiative' by the above-mentioned entities

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