The European Federation of Financial Analysts’ Societies (EFFAS) welcomes the publishing of IFRS S-1 and S-2 sustainability standards. This is a major step to having a set of high quality and consistent standards to facilitate stakeholders to analyse sustainable issues on the same basis. EFFAS also supports the continuous work of the European standard setters…
EFFAS is commited not only to providing high-quality training in ESG but also at a corporate level to practicing these same values. We have taken the “S” of social to put it at the heart of this initiative conceived to support children and their families around the world. How does it work? This time CESGA…
We are proud to announce that the Austrian Association ÖVFA – Österreichische Vereinigungfür Finanzanalyse und Asset Management is launching the EFFAS ESG Essentials Programme in Austria in collaboration with BWG- Österreichische Bankwissenschaftliche Gesellschaft. According to Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 (SFDR) since 10th March 2021 participants in financial markets and financial advisers have had to report on…
AIJA, the global association dedicated to lawyers and in-house counsel aged 45 and under, and EFFAS, the European Federation of Financial Analysts Societies, are pleased to announce the signing of a cooperation agreement aimed at fostering cross-cultural understanding and supporting the professional development of young lawyers. The cooperation agreement aims to support the activities of…
The European Federation of Financial Analysts’ Societies (EFFAS), has reached an agreement with Amsterdam-based sustainability-focused education platform Earth Academy to promote the EFFAS Certified ESG Analyst Certification (CESGA) in the USA. EFFAS’ Chair, Jesús López Zaballos, stated that “the USA’s influence on the world makes it a key area where training programmes such as the…
At EFFAS, our mission is to help financial market participants develop the skills necessary to tackle today’s most pressing problems through ethical values and sustainability training. As part of our commitment to this mission, we are glad to offer a free one-month access to our updated Certificate the ESG Analyst (CESGA) Programme. This exclusive offer…
The Association of Financial-Banking Analysts from Romania (AAFBR) in partnership with the Institute of Financial Studies (ISF) is launching the ESG Essentials programme in Romania. It is designed to facilitate an understanding of fundamental concepts and trends in environmental and social issues along with corporate governance (i.e., Environmental, Social, and Governance, known under the acronym…
Javier de Frutos, Chair of the EFFAS Commission on Financial Reporting (CFR), attended the inaugural IFRS Foundation Sustainability Symposium on 17 February 2023 in Montréal, Canada. Here is his summary of the key points. The meeting convened global businesses, investors, and policy makers to discuss progress towards a global baseline of sustainability standards to facilitate…
EFFAS is delighted to announce that on 12 December 2022 the Certified ESG Analyst (CESGA) was approved under the Pilot Green and Sustainable Finance Capacity Building Support Scheme in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (Hong Kong) (https://www.greentalent.org.hk/) with the Programme Identification Code: GTP-260223. As announced by the Financial Secretary of the Hong Kong in…
At the DVFA Conference Governance & Sustainability, you will get exclusive insights into the evaluation of the DVFA Scorecard for Corporate Governance, which will be published for the year 2022 on the day of the conference. New this year is the first evaluation of the SDAX companies. Discuss corporate governance, commitment and impact with our speakers…