{"id":11411762,"date":"2025-07-10T15:12:31","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T13:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fma.gv.at\/?page_id=11411762"},"modified":"2025-07-23T13:39:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T11:39:31","slug":"sustainability-in-distribution-by-banks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.fma.gv.at\/en\/banks\/sustainable-finance-banks\/sustainability-in-distribution-by-banks\/","title":{"rendered":"Sustainability in Distribution by Banks"},"content":{"rendered":"<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><div class=\"wp-block-cover has-custom-content-position is-position-bottom-right\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"270\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-10416783 size-large\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fma.gv.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Nachhaltigkeit-Banken-Vertrieb-Cover-640x270.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fma.gv.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Nachhaltigkeit-Banken-Vertrieb-Cover-640x270.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.fma.gv.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Nachhaltigkeit-Banken-Vertrieb-Cover-320x135.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.fma.gv.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Nachhaltigkeit-Banken-Vertrieb-Cover-1536x647.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.fma.gv.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Nachhaltigkeit-Banken-Vertrieb-Cover.jpg 1700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#526c49\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Sustainability in Distribution<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When providing investment advice and asset management, credit institutions are required to ask clients about their sustainability preferences and take these into account when recommending suitable financial instruments. Sustainability factors must also be taken into account when fulfilling product governance requirements for financial instruments.<\/p><div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-image-fill-element\" style=\"grid-template-columns:35% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"419\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fma.gv.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ecology-cover-640x419.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10123370 size-full\" style=\"object-position:50% 50%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fma.gv.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ecology-cover-640x419.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.fma.gv.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ecology-cover-320x210.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.fma.gv.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ecology-cover.jpg 672w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>We believe in transparency and consideration of client preferences in the distribution of financial instruments.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Client information and marketing communications that refer to the sustainability of investments are not allowed to be misleading.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Credit institutions that are financial market participants under the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) are required to observe product-related transparency obligations.<\/p><div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-image-fill-element\" style=\"grid-template-columns:35% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fma.gv.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Sustainable-Finance-Leitfaden-Cover-640x270.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10408281 size-full\" style=\"object-position:34% 48%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fma.gv.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Sustainable-Finance-Leitfaden-Cover-640x270.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.fma.gv.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Sustainable-Finance-Leitfaden-Cover-320x135.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.fma.gv.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Sustainable-Finance-Leitfaden-Cover-1536x647.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.fma.gv.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Sustainable-Finance-Leitfaden-Cover.jpg 1700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>We believe in dialogue: creating awareness and developing a common understanding further with supervised institutions regarding the distribution of financial instruments.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Sustainable finance is an integral component of responsible governance.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When providing investment advice and asset management, credit institutions are required to ask clients about their sustainability preferences and take &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":10416792,"parent":11415082,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"landing-page.php","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11411762","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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