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ESG Explainer: SFDR One Year on

Chris Hall

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. trillion, or 22%, of the European fund market at the end of Q1 2021.

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Climate Science Vital to “Fill the Gaps” in Scenario Analysis

Chris Hall

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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Investors Search for Answers

Chris Hall

According to Mara Chiorean, Director, Sustainable Finance, International, ANZ, the bank’s own investors have been seeking more information around nature risks over last two years or so, as have the investors for which it facilitates capital markets transactions. “We