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Investors Warned of Six Shades of Greenwashing

Chris Hall

Non-profit Planet Tracker identifies widening range of greenwashing practices, which may require greater regulatory involvement as well as investor vigilance. . The challenge for investors and regulators of identifying exaggerated claims by firms about their transition to sustainable and climate-positive practices has grown rapidly.

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2020 was the year that…

GreenBiz

2020 was the year that…. Mon, 12/28/2020 - 02:11. To recall some of the key developments, as I have done each December for more than a decade, I’ve plumbed the nearly 1,300 stories, columns and analyses we've published on GreenBiz.com since the dawn of 2020 — a.k.a. All links are to stories published on GreenBiz.com during 2020.)

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Creating ‘Fashion That Doesn’t Cost the Earth’

B the Change

The company was founded with the specific mission to produce “fashion that doesn’t cost the Earth,” and is climate positive and highly transparent. Despite launching in 2020 during the height of the pandemic, OMNES has built a large word-of-mouth following and is expected to reach £6m in annual sales — all through its website.

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High Risk, High Impact Funds Lead Fast-Growing Climate Market

Chris Hall

In 2020, the largest sub-category in the climate funds market was clean energy/tech, which slipped to third last year ahead of low carbon and green bond funds. . Morningstar said the shifts seen in 2021 reflected growing investor interest in opportunities beyond the renewable energy sector. . Carbon intensity .

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Is 'net-zero' greenwash?

GreenBiz

Is 'net-zero' greenwash? Tue, 11/17/2020 - 02:11. Moreover, it added: "Without a radical transformation of the offsetting market and the types of activities it supports, offsetting cannot be considered an equivalent alternative to an actor’s own emission reductions in 2020.". Joel Makower. degrees C pathway.".

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