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Monitoring sustainable financial flows

The Joint Research Centre's contribution to the development of a framework to monitor financial flows into sustainable investment

As the Commission remains committed to decarbonising the EU economy, as set out in the Competitiveness Compass, a significant contribution to close the clean investment gap is expected from private finance. 

The JRC has contributed to the development of a framework to monitor financial flows into sustainable investment.

The framework measures both:

  • financial instruments, such as green bonds, loans and green venture capital
  • real-economy impacts, including investment in clean technologies, energy efficiency and transition plans.

These insights help identify where finance is supporting the transition and where barriers remain.

Pie chart of green bond use of proceeds by investment category, with the largest shares in energy efficiency (17%), green construction and buildings (16%), renewable energy projects (15%), and clean transport (13%), followed by smaller allocations to climate adaptation, land use, pollution control, water management, circular economy, natural resources, and other categories.

Policy background

Platform on Sustainable Finance report: Monitoring capital flows to sustainable investments.

Research

JRC monitoring report: Report on a framework to monitor finance for green investment 

Policy brief: The financing of EU firms for green competitiveness

Publications on Sustainable finance

The team behind the research

  • A young woman smiling. Long brown hair
    Serena Fatica

    Principal economist | Firm financing | Financial flows

    ORCiD profile

  • Porrait of a woman, long clear brown hair
    Giovanna Bua

    Sustainable finance | Systemic risk | Environmental finance

  • Young man, short light brown air, smiling
    Giacomo Cotignano

    Sustainable finance | Firm financing