Edouard Vilpoux

Welcome !

I work as a sustainable finance economist, specialised in financial institutions’ climate transition planning, with the aim of linking academic research and financial practices for a better contribution of finance to the real economy transition.

My background

After graduating from the Paris School of Economics, I began my career in the private financial sector. I held various positions at Rothschild & Co for six years: financial analysis and corporate financing, followed by asset management and wealth advisory.

Then I have worked for two years in the think tank Sustainable Finance Observatory (formerly 2 Degrees Investing Initiative) where I was Lead of ‘Transparency’, one of the three poles of the think tank.

Publications

Reports

Analysis of French investors’ Article 29 LEC / SFDR 2025 reports, ADEME (April 2026) [Co-author]

What the NZBA leaves behind: Stocktake on banks’ net zero interim targets, Sustainable Finance Observatory (Oct. 2025) [Lead author]

Optimizing the UE Taxonomy to make it a real economic steering tool for the transition,Sustainable Finance Observatory (March 2025) [Lead Author]

Analysis of French investors’ Article 29 LEC / SFDR 2024 reports, ADEME (Feb. 2025) [Co-author]

European Banks Net-Zero Commitments: Analysis of NZBA signatory banks’ net zero transition plans based on data from the Net-Zero Donut, Sustainable Finance Observatory (Dec. 2024) [Contributor]

Columns

Are SRI funds affected by oil price shocks?, AEF Info (June 2026) [Columnist]

Do responsible investors contribute to the real economy transition?, AEF Info (Nov. 2025) [Columnist]

Shareholder engagement, a lever for market risk management?, AEF Info (July 2025) [Columnist]

What the does the financial sector think about the effectiveness of his transition metrics?, AEF Info (April 2025) [Columnist]

Responses to consultations

Response to EBA Consultation on Pillar 3 ESG Reporting Framework, Sustainable Finance Observatory (Aug. 2025) [Lead author]

Response to SFDR Call for Evidence, Sustainable Finance Observatory (June 2025) [Co-author]

Answer to SBTi public consultation on Financial Institutions Net-Zero Standard, Sustainable Finance Observatory (Sept. 2024) [Author]

Others

Swift action needed to address fossil fuel risks to financial stability – Open letter, Finance Watch (Feb. 2025) [Signatory]

Baubeau, P., Monnet, E., Riva, A., & Ungaro, S. (2021). Flight‐to‐safety and the credit crunch: a new history of the banking crises in France during the Great Depression. The Economic History Review, 74(1), 223-250. [Research Assistance]

1930 banking crisis in France : a new historical and quantitative analysis from the archive data of the Crédit Lyonnais Master Thesis under the supervision of Eric Monnet (Paris School of Economics, EHESS) (2017) [Author]

Presentations

Climate and biodiversity practices of French investors, FiDurable (May 2026)

Practices of French investors in defining sustainable assets, Financial System and Economy Financing Commission, CNIS (INSEE) (May 2026)

Analysis of French investors’ Article 29 LEC / SFDR 2025 reports, Webinar, ADEME (April 2026)

The limits of sustainable finance, Training course, re.boot (April 2026)

Jury in a student sustainable finance contest, Université Paris 1 / Lycée Montaigne (Feb. 2026)

Analysis of French investors’ Article 29 LEC / SFDR 2024 reports, Webinar, ADEME (Feb. 2025)

Analysing financial insitutions’ climate strategies, FiDurable (Feb. 2025)

Rethink Sustainable Finance Together, Host of 2° Investing Initiative and SFO joint event (Dec. 2024)

CONTENT :

I regularly post on LinkedIn to provide deciphering of sustainable finance issues, covering research, regulation, practices, etc. The following page presents an accessible selection of these posts :

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