The European Commission's International Platform on Sustainable Finance (IPSF) has published its 2025 annual report, assessing progress in sustainable finance framework design to implementation across jurisdictions. The report highlights significant progress in consolidating the core elements of sustainable finance frameworks including: refinement of taxonomies; increased regulatory focus on transition plans; and convergence of disclosure frameworks around international standards, notably the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) and the EU's European sustainability reporting standards (ESRS). The report underscores efforts by IPSF members in preventing greenwashing and enabling credible capital allocation aligned with real economy needs. There is also a dedicated chapter in the report that addresses transition finance for strategic sectors and critical raw materials. The IPSF notes these sectors (such as metals, mining, and heavy industry) are indispensable for clean technologies but are also among the hardest to decarbonise. The chapter explores how sustainable finance frameworks can help steer investment into these complex areas. Looking ahead, the IPSF will continue this work in 2026, with further attention to transition frameworks, taxonomies, strategic sectors and comparability.
Alongside the report, the IPSF published a new set of voluntary principles for integrating biodiversity into transition finance and a technical note on operationalising the "Do No Significant Harm" (DNSH) principle in taxonomies. In parallel, it published two deliverables under its taxonomy roadmap initiative, which was launched at COP29, including the 2025 progress report and principles for taxonomy interoperability.
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