Sustainable Finance

Realise the Transformation to a Sustainable Economy.

Sustainability in the financial sector is no longer optional, or simply about meeting regulatory expectations. It needs to sit at the core of your operating model. From navigating evolving regulations like CSRD, SFDR, and the EU Taxonomy to turning ESG into business as usual, we guide you beyond compliance. Our combination of our GenAI-enabled RegTech workbench, project-based delivery and business as usual resourcing support empowers you to lead with resilience, stay ahead of change, and contribute to a more sustainable economy.

Making Sustainability Business-As-Usual

Financial institutions today are expected to strike a careful balance between legacy ways of working and long-term resilience. While ESG regulation may shift over time, the underlying risks from climate change and biodiversity loss are not going away, and the opportunity side of the equation is growing.

The regulatory landscape remains active, with regulations like SFDR, CSRD, and the EU Taxonomy still in play, albeit constantly evolving. But the real rationale for action goes deeper. Sustainability is becoming a source of resilience, relevance, and business continuity. The institutions getting it right aren’t treating ESG as a side project or a reporting exercise, they’re folding it into how they make decisions, manage risk, and define strategy. The question isn’t whether to act, it’s how to make the transition from reactive compliance to business-as-usual because the cost of inaction now outweighs the cost of change.

ACE as your strategic partner in Sustainable Finance

We work alongside you, not just as advisors, but as part of your team. The world of sustainable finance is complex and constantly evolving. We help you make sense of it, structure it, and translate it into something that fits your organisation. We can build on what’s already there, rather than starting from a blank slate by working with your existing structures and processes to embed sustainability. By partnering with ACE, you gain more than expertise, you gain a trusted partner committed to helping you navigate change and achieve continuous compliance.

Our Sustainable Finance Capability

To support financial institutions in navigating the complex and fast-evolving sustainability landscape, we offer a comprehensive Sustainable Finance Capability. This offering is built around five key domains that help embed sustainability into core operations and strategy, enabling institutions to meet today’s regulatory expectations, while also enhancing long-term resilience and stakeholder trust.

At the heart of this capability lies regulatory change management, which functions as a cross-cutting enabler across all domains, driving transformation, setting priorities, and ensuring alignment with regulatory developments.

To activate these capabilities, we provide a tailored set of tools and services, including AI-powered solutions, project-specific expertise, and direct operational support. These enablers empower institutions to translate sustainability ambitions into tangible outcomes and stay ahead in a dynamic regulatory environment.

Provide horizon scanning and watchtower services for current and upcoming ESG regulations tailored to your company profile
Support ESG impact and gap assessments and implementing that change
Deliver sustainability reports

Integrate ESG risks into existing risk and control frameworks
- Support
  - ESG materiality assessments to identify the relevant ESG risks within your organisation
  - ESG risk assessments, including scenario analysis and risk scoring
- Embed ESG risks into governance, internal controls, and decision-making processes

Provide an outside-in view on sustainable finance and ensure on par awareness of most relevant topics
Knowledge transfer through trainings & workshops on sustainability topics

Create a common ESG language by consolidating regulatory, internal and third-party inputs into a single, coherent data model
Enable traceability with lineage from regulatory report to data source definition
Automate change detection by monitoring regulatory changes triggering alerts when updates may impact compliance

Design and embed ESG target operating model with clear roles and responsibilities for ESG data

Sustainable Finance Tooling and Support

We help financial institutions simplify, accelerate, and comply with sustainable finance regulations using a blend of AI tools, expert project support, and hands-on operational capacity.

1. AI Tooling
We can use AI to help clients navigate and simplify regulations like CSRD, SFDR, and the EU Taxonomy.
This accelerates implementation and seamless embedment into business-as-usual processes.

2. Project-Specific Support
We offer experienced project managers and regulatory change consultants to run or support your initiatives.

3. Direct Impact Operational Support
Need extra hands or long-term talent? We provide:

Operational support for ESG compliance tasks
Temporary resources for BAU workload relief
Help recruiting junior sustainable finance or compliance professionals

Upcoming milestones in EU Sustainability Regulation

Sustainability regulation in the EU is evolving rapidly. From ESRS revisions to the upcoming SFDR 2.0 and the Omnibus directive, these changes demand close attention. At ACE, we monitor these developments continuously, so you don’t have to. Below is an overview of key milestones shaping the future of sustainable finance.