About us

The Towards Sustainability
Labelling Agency (CLA)

The Towards Sustainability Labelling Agency (CLA) is a not-for-profit association incorporated under Belgian law. Its goal is to enlarge the impact and substance of sustainable saving and investing. And to substantially strengthen the qualitative approach to sustainable financial products.

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The CLA consists of three bodies:

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The Verifier is independent of the CLA. It is appointed by the CLA to perform the technical and in-depth verification of the alignment of the products applying for the Towards Sustainability label.

More on third-party verification

Board of Directors

  • Chair (independent)
  • Independent directors
  • Financial sector directors

Secretariat

Verifier

Forum EthibelICHELUniversiteit Antwerpen

Eligibility Commission

  • Chair (independent)
  • Independent experts
  • Financial sector experts

Advisory Commission

  • Chair (non-financial)
  • Civil society actors
  • Financial sector actors