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Major investor alliance working to clean up greenwash lurking in ESG

Corporate Knights

In response to accusations of greenwashing and growing regulatory scrutiny, a group of high-powered financial networks is working to standardize the often-opaque jargon of the responsible investing industry. The conference was held at an important time for the responsible investment industry in Canada and around the world.

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ESG Confessions: 5 Sustainable Finance Pros Share How They Are Grappling With the Talent Shortage, 'Greenwashing', and the 'Sucker' Stereotype | Featuring Jordan Locke, Acre

3BL Media

Jordan Locke, a recruitment consultant in Acre's Global Sustainable Finance & Impact Investing Team, sat down with Business Insider alongside a group of industry experts to discuss the current ESG talent shortage, ‘greenwashing’ and the rapid pace of change. . Greenwashing kind of falls into that same skepticism.

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Can AI terminate climate change.or is it an even greater threat?

Corporate Knights

I wouldn’t like to devalue climate change. I wouldn’t like to say, ‘You shouldn’t worry about climate change.’ Indeed, Hinton’s comparison was revealing: “I wouldn’t like to devalue climate change. I wouldn’t like to say, ‘You shouldn’t worry about climate change.’ That’s a huge risk too.

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UK SDRs Will “Empower” Institutional Investors

Chris Hall

Anti-greenwashing rules and guidance may become “diamond standard”. Anti-greenwashing guidance proposed by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), as well as the promise of extending the finalised Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDRs) to pension products, has been welcomed by the investment industry.

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Businesses and investors need to roll up their sleeves and join the race to revive biodiversity

Corporate Knights

The Living Planet Report 2022 shows an average decline of 69% in wildlife populations since 1970, thus emphasizing the dual crises of biodiversity loss and climate change driven by human activities. Unlike the climate crisis that led to the signing of the Paris Agreement , biodiversity loss has received little attention until now.

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Assets in European Impact Funds Double in One Year

Chris Hall

Assets in European impact funds increased by 50% in 2021 compared to 2020, as demand for the classification increases in the wake of greenwashing claims against funds elsewhere in the sustainable investment universe. of total European funds’ net assets currently follow an impact investing approach.

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Redefining ‘Business as Usual’: Three Ways to Overcome Barriers to ESG and Climate Finance

James Militzer

But as the negative impacts of global challenges like climate change grow, it’s becoming increasingly apparent that business as usual won’t even work for businesses themselves. Meanwhile, most people – 79% overall and 90% of investors under age 45 – say they want to invest in socially and environmentally friendly ways.