Table of contents : Preface Contents Where Do We Stand When It Comes to Sustainable Financial Markets? 1 Introduction 2 Ethical Environmental Investments and their Origins 3 What Does Sustainability Mean in the Financial Sector? 4 Exclusion Criteria Versus Best-in-Class Approach 5 ECB and Sustainability 5.1 What Are the Causes? References Ethical Standards Beyond Monetary Policy: Approaches to a Philosophical Foundation 1 Europe as a Community of Shared Values 2 Values and Law 3 The Law as the Only Available Implementation Measure Within the Context of a Social and Ecological Market Economy? 4 The ECB’s Contribution to a European Social and Ecological Market Economy 5 Market Conforming and Non-market Based Policies 6 Future Tasks for the President: Christine Lagarde’s Decisions Bibliography Fundamental Rights in the Core Business of the ECB: No Issue?! 1 How It All Began 1.1 Climate Challenge and Beyond 1.2 Hidden Places of Horror 1.3 The ECB as Role Model 1.4 Ethical Blindness in the Eurosystem 2 The EU Petition 429/2017 2.1 Content Overview 2.2 Barely Acceptable 2.3 Patience 2.4 Overview of Official Answers 2.4.1 European Commission 2.4.2 ECON Committee 2.4.3 ECB 2.5 A Wind of Change 3 Summary and Outlook: Opportunity for a Global Paradigm Shift On the Role of the ECB in Sustainable Finance 1 Article Reference Legal Approaches to Encouraging the ECB to Comply with Human Rights Aspects When Establishing the List of Marketable Assets 1 Legal Background 2 Violations of Fundamental Rights of Natural Persons 3 Legal Instruments 3.1 Prospects of Success of a Nullity Action Pursuant to Art. 263 TFEU 3.1.1 Recital 3 3.1.2 Recital 7 3.1.3 Recital 10 3.2 Other Possible Courses of Action References Central Banks in Europe: On the Road to more Sustainability 1 What Impact Can Central Banks Achieve—Or Avoid? 2 What Are Progressive Central Banks in Europe Doing in Concrete Terms? 2.1 De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) 2.2 Banque de France 2.3 Norges Bank 2.4 Riksbank 3 How Consistent Are the Central Banks at the Forefront of Sustainability? 3.1 Case in Point: De Nederlandsche Bank 3.2 Case in Point: German Bundesbank 3.3 Case in Point: The Swiss National Bank 3.4 Case in Point: Norges Bank 4 What Do These Pioneers Really Achieve in the World of Central Banking? 5 What Is the Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) Doing? 6 Does This Trend Really Cover the Thematic Breadth of Sustainability? 6.1 Outlook References Appendices Appendix A Appendix B Circumstances Supporting Documents Remedy Reasons