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Aegon, Cazenove to Adopt FCA’s SDR Sustainability Focus Label for Funds

ESG Today

The FCAs SDR requirements were introduced by the regulator in November 2023 , aimed at helping investors assess the sustainability attributes of investment products, and to avoid greenwashing risk, to portfolio managers.

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Lululemon Signs Deal to Buy Recycled Materials for up to 20% of its Total Fibers

ESG Today

The new agreement will support lululemon’s sustainable materials goals, which include targets to source 75% “preferred materials,” or those with improved environmental or social sustainability outcomes and impacts compared to conventional production, by 2025, and 100% by 2030.

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Fidelity International to Adopt FCA Sustainability Label for Three Funds

ESG Today

Investment management firm Fidelity International announced today plans to adopt the “Sustainability Focus” label introduced by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)’s Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) for three funds within its UK domiciled equity fund range.

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Columbia Threadneedle Adopts FCA’s SDR Sustainability Focus Label for Nine Funds

ESG Today

The firm added that it aims to adopt an SDR sustainability label for two of its fixed income funds in the future. The FCA’s SDR requirements were introduced by the regulator in November 2023 , aimed at helping investors assess the sustainability attributes of investment products, and to avoid greenwashing risk, to portfolio managers.

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Global WELL Adoption Experiences Unprecedented Growth, With 6 Billion Square Feet of Space Now Engaged With the World’s Leading Standard for Healthy Buildings, Organizations and Communities

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Another study published in Building & Environment in 2023 found organizations that achieved WELL Certification experienced higher-performing workplaces than their non-certified peers.

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BlackRock Launches First Fund Using FCA’s “Sustainability Improvers” Label Targeting Brown-to-Green Materials Opportunities

ESG Today

The launch marks the first UK domiciled mutual fund to use the new Sustainability Improvers label introduced by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)s Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR). The new fund builds on a similar strategy to BlackRocks BGF Brown to Green Materials Fund launched for European investors in 2023.

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Moody’s Predicts $1 Trillion Sustainable Bond Market in 2025 Despite Political Headwinds

ESG Today

Global issuance of labelled sustainable bonds including green, social, sustainability, sustainability-linked, and transition bonds is anticipated to again reach around $1 trillion in 2025, according to a new forecast released by Moodys Ratings, as headwinds including political changes from the new U.S.