Alain Deckers, European Commission DG-FISMA, on Regulating the Transition to a Sustainable Economy

How does sustainable finance regulation represent a sea change for
investors? Listen to Jason Mitchell talk to Alain Deckers, European
Commission Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial
Services and Capital Markets Union (DG FISMA), about greenwashing,
enforcement, materiality, regulatory harmonisation and how the
European Commission’s Sustainable Finance Strategy is bringing
transparency to the ESG space. Alain Deckers is the newly-appointed
Head of the Asset Management Unit within the European Commission’s
Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and
Capital Markets Union or DG-FISMA. He was the Vice-Chairman of the
EFRAG European Lab Steering Group. With over 20 years of experience
at the European Commission, Alain has been responsible for policy
reviews and policy development in areas including trade in goods,
environmental policy, public procurement and financial services
regulation.   * The views set out in this podcast are
those of Alain and not the official position of the European
Commission, nor the views of individual Commissioners or other
officials of the European Commission.