ESG Today

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Providers of sustainable and ESG investment products in Europe should be required to follow specific ESG approaches, and provide products that meet certain environmental criteria, according to a series of proposals released today by France’s financial market regulator, The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF).

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Leading European asset manager Amundi has chosen to reclassify nearly all of its sustainable investment funds previously categorized as Article 9 under the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) to the less stringent Article 8 level.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 2, 2023

Despite recent attempts by lawmakers to provide more clarity on the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), fund managers are reluctant to reclassify their Article 8 funds back to Article 9 after a series of downgrades. Article 8 funds suffered most in Q2, with them witnessing net redemptions of €14.6

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Chris Hall

MARCH 15, 2024

Sustainable growth? It is not hard to see why offering sustainable investments is so appealing to companies. With such demand for sustainable investing, regulators and lawmakers around the world have become increasingly concerned about the risk that some will take advantage by greenwashing. It is big business.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

DESCRIPTION: This article first appeared in Sustainable Investment: [link]. Sustainability disclosure and client demand is fundamentally changing how fund management teams operate. These adjustments fundamentally apply to Article 8 funds. By Ian Povey-Hall. SOURCE: Acre. Here's how.

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The new funds are classified as Article 9 under the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) indicating that they have sustainable investment as their objective.

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ESG Today

JULY 18, 2022

UK-based investment company abrdn announced today the transition of three SICAV funds, including its flagship Asia Pacific Equity Fund, to sustainable investment products classified as Article 8 (products promoting environmental or social characteristics) under the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation.

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ESG Today

MAY 15, 2023

More than a quarter of Article 8 funds contain ESG or Sustainable terms in their names. In its examination of Article 8 funds, for example, Clarity AI found that only 20% of those with the term “sustainable” (or similar) plan to meet ESMA’s 50% investment threshold, and a further 20% plan to make less than 10% sustainable investment.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 17, 2022

Delays to corporate sustainability reporting legislation makes investor assessments more challenging, says Clarity AI. . Equity funds labelled as Article 8 under the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) are no more aligned with the environmental taxonomy than non-ESG funds, according to Clarity AI. .

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Chris Hall

MAY 9, 2024

Consultation results reveal investors and industry networks undecided on whether to leave Articles 8 and 9 behind. More than half of respondents, however, did indicate their preference for a new system moving away from the Article 8 and 9 classifications, while the other third wanted to keep these existing categories.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news about funds designed to meet sustainable investing criteria, including Robeco, Morgan Stanley IM, GMPF, Impax AM, Orchard Street IM and Nuveen. . Morgan Stanley Investment Management has expanded its European ESG offering with two new responsible investing funds.

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3BL Media

MARCH 11, 2024

by Maria Lettini, CEO of the US SIF: The Sustainable Investment Forum As we celebrate Women’s History Month, it is again a time of reflection. Read Maria's insightful article here - [link] == We delight in the pockets of progress over the years but reiterate that there is certainly no room for complacency.

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Environmental Finance

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The EU should scrap the widely "misused" sustainability categories at the heart of its flagship sustainable investment regulation, the Dutch financial markets regulator has recommended.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 24, 2022

Articles, Videos and Podcasts. For this commemorative issue we are looking back and including many of our Readers’ Favorites, i.e., the most-read articles according to Google Analytics. We have also included a few of our own favorite GreenMoney articles, videos and podcasts. SOURCE: GreenMoney Journal. of Morningstar.

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ESG Today

APRIL 11, 2024

Through our benchmark offering, we aim to unleash the power of data to increase transparency around the performance of ESG funds to enable more opportunities for capital to flow to sustainable investments”.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The regulation includes classification levels for sustainability-focused investment funds, including ‘Article 8’ funds that “promote environmental or social characteristics or a combination of those characteristics,” and the more stringent ‘Article 9’ funds, “which have sustainable investment as their objective.”

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 20, 2022

(pictured above) Over time and with much, sometimes painful, lived experience, we began to realize that not only should program and investment not exist separately but sometimes there were important learnings to be achieved when they were contemplated together. Read more about aobut the learnings in this article. .

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Industry experts have stressed the need for simplicity and clarity around Europe’s ESG fund labelling, as the European Commission’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) consultation deadline looms.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

.” BNP Paribas Easy Sustainable EUR Corporate Bond is an Article 9 fund according to SFDR regulation, with a 100% sustainable investment universe, benchmarked to Bloomberg Euro Aggregate Corporate, while the BNP Paribas Easy Sustainable EUR Government Bond is an Article 8 fund according to SFDR regulation, with a targeted sustainable investment (..)

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

According to a 2021 survey by Morgan Stanley, 99 percent of millennials surveyed were interested in sustainable investing, an all-time high. Interest in sustainability persisted despite the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change is the key focus. Read Lana's full article here - [link]. Here's how. .

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Chris Hall

JULY 21, 2023

Understanding SFDR classifications One of the key frameworks guiding investment decisions is the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR). SFDR offers three main classifications: Article 6, Article 8, and Article 9. Additionally, it requires the faith of the largest fund managers.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

The sustainable investment community already is engaged in this effort, channeling dollars to companies with better environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices. One in every three professionally managed dollars in the United States — $17 trillion — is invested with an ESG focus. Sponsored Article. Contributors.

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The Sustainable Index and EFT methodology enables index and ETF providers to build, define and/or market products that fall within the European Union’s definition of Sustainable Investment, outlined in Article 2(17) of the SFDR.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 26, 2024

The net outflows in Q4 were largely driven by US investors, who pulled a record US$5 billion from US sustainable funds in the quarter. billion (US$29 billion) of outflows in Q4, while Article 9 funds suffered first-ever quarterly outflows of €4.7 Article 6 funds experienced net inflows of €15.7

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 6, 2023

Asset managers are exercising greater caution by downgrading their Article 9 funds in lieu of clear guidance. . Let’s say you have an Article 9 fund which must invest (almost) all of its assets in sustainable investments. Is the entire holding in the investee company a sustainable investment or only 60%?

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 20, 2021

Sustainable investing is changing global supply chains: 4 key takeaways. Sustainable investing strategies have ascended quickly in the last 10 years. Morgan Global Equity Research estimated that the sustainable investing market is expected to reach $45 trillion in assets under management (AUM) by the end of the year.

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ESG Today

APRIL 13, 2023

The regulation includes classification levels for sustainability-focused investment funds, including ‘Article 8’ funds that “promote environmental or social characteristics or a combination of those characteristics,” and the more stringent ‘Article 9’ funds, “which have sustainable investment as their objective.”

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Chris Hall

APRIL 25, 2023

Global sustainable funds attracted US$29 billion of net new money in the first quarter of 2023, down from nearly US$38 billion in the previous quarter, according to Morningstar’s latest Global Sustainable Fund Flows report.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 19, 2021

Over time, this virtuous cycle would result in a more sustainable form of capitalism. That's the argument I make in an article that Harvard Business Review has just published, "Overselling Sustainability Reporting: Don’t Confuse Output with Impact.” . At the same time, what is billed as an ESG investment is exaggerated.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Plans to introduce minimum investment thresholds could create two-tier Article 8 classification. . Proposed anti-greenwashing rules from the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) risk confusing investors holding Article 8 funds under the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR). .

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The regulation includes classification levels for sustainability-focused investment funds, including ‘Article 8’ funds that “promote environmental or social characteristics or a combination of those characteristics,” and the more stringent ‘Article 9’ funds, “which have sustainable investment as their objective.”.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Additional clarifications about the definition of a sustainable investment and about Article 8 and Article 9 classifications are expected soon, but in the meantime, caution and thorough due diligence remains key,” said Hortense Bioy, Global Director of Sustainable Research at Morningstar.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Continue reading the full article here. KEYWORDS: NYSE: AFL, Aflac, Chief Financial Officer Max Brodén, Japanese Debt Investors, sustainable investment. Tweet me: Hear from @aflac CFO Max Brodén as he discusses the interest-rate differential between the U.S. Read more here: [link].

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ESG Today

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The regulation also includes classification levels for sustainability-focused investment funds, including ‘Article 8’ funds that “promote environmental or social characteristics or a combination of those characteristics,” and the more stringent ‘Article 9’ funds, “which have sustainable investment as their objective.”

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3BL Media

MARCH 23, 2022

Read their complete article and watch a video interview with Mr. Schumann here - [link]. Tweet me: Investing in Water Stewardship - new article by Thomas Schumann of Thomas Schumann Capital and Willem Buiter of Columbia University -- [link] || #ESG #climate #water #investing #WorldWaterDay2022.

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3BL Media

JUNE 21, 2022

The answer going forward is Organic and Sustainable Agriculture with variety of criteria that we set forth in this article. Read Craig's full article here - [link]. Investors and consumers are waking up and beginning to ask tough questions of farm managers. The USDA Certified Organic standard meets these criteria today.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Some ESG funds are surrendering their ‘deep green’ Article 9 label. One such, unheard of a few short years ago, is “greenwashing”, the practice of dressing up products, services or investments as being in full conformity with ESG principles – in contradiction of the underlying reality. Acting in good faith.

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