Chris Hall

MARCH 2, 2022

European efforts to bring transparency to ESG funds haven’t addressed fears of greenwashing. Different approaches to product classification have sown confusion and raised greenwashing concerns among both institutional and retail investors. While SFDR was designed to avoid greenwashing, it has not achieved its objective.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Ahead of the NGFS’ deadline for feedback on its climate scenarios, experts argue models must be more realistic and robust to give investors decision-useful insights. Since “narratives eat models for breakfast” it stressed the need for more realistic “qualitative content to fill the gaps that a quantitative approach can’t yet capture”.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 12, 2023

We need to go beyond providing definitions and explain how these concepts translate into practical outcomes for investors,” she said. Regulators in APAC and beyond increasingly are alert to the risks of greenwashing, imposing new requirements to ensure that the contents of sustainable funds justify their labels and marketing claims.

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