6 Conclusion And Next Steps

For the great transformation to succeed, we need a reliable approach based on purposeful political action and concrete roadmaps in order to bring about the realignment of our economic system within a relatively short time span.

These concrete and constructive roadmaps open up major opportunities for positive economic development, the German economy’s competitiveness in the long term and hence job security.

Equally decisive in this respect is a political framework that enables the financial industry as best as possible to fulfil its role of allocating capital efficiently and thus to make a major contribution to the great transformation.

A four-week online consultation period that starts on March 5th 2020 will follow the publication of this Interim Report. All players from the financial sector, real economy, political sphere, supervisory authorities, the scientific community and civil society are invited to comment on this Interim Report and propose changes and additions.

The feedback period ends on April 3rd 2020. Subsequently the feedback will be consolidated and will be instrumental in further developing Germany’s sustainable finance strategy.

The Final Report is expected to be published in September, after the 2020 summer break.