Chris Hall
NOVEMBER 14, 2023
Industry bodies align on key sustainable finance-related definitions to offer end-users greater “consistency and clarity”. The growing use of ESG-related language in fund names and documentation without transparency and underlying evidence increases greenwashing risk, ESMA warned.
3BL Media
DECEMBER 16, 2022
But their approaches could be other forms of ESG investing in disguise—some just greenwashing or social washing—or they don’t have the roadmap, experience and resources to meet your impact goals. What’s your definition of impact investing? Such answers don’t pinpoint meaningful impact, and any definition should be more specific.
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Corporate Knights
NOVEMBER 28, 2022
A new report says that trend has reversed itself in the last two years, as the industry struggles to respond to allegations of greenwashing and a tougher regulatory environment. . Negative screening (for instance, screening out weapons, tobacco or fossil fuels) is number two at 91%, and corporate engagement is third at 79%. .
ESG Today
OCTOBER 31, 2022
This market boom and increasing focus on labelled bonds represent a significant challenge for investors, where issues around information and behaviours have led to controversy, adverse headlines and even sanctions, along with widespread concerns around greenwashing. Identifying and avoiding greenwashing. Access Report.
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.
Corporate Knights
JULY 14, 2022
EE: There’s a general concern about greenwashing and the dissonance between what many companies say they believe about ESG issues and what they are actually doing. Do you feel corporate greenwashing has increased or decreased from the 1970s and ’80s? And what can investors do about it? What are your thoughts on that?
Chris Hall
OCTOBER 5, 2022
In theory, the opportunity set is vast, meaning asset owners are often in need of definitions and frameworks to guide them from the reducing negative to accentuating the positive. The Impact Investing Principles have been really helpful, especially given the increased scrutiny of funds and concerns over greenwashing.
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