Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Ashok Parameswaran, President of the Emerging Markets Investors Alliance, highlights the challenges of achieving environmental and social impact via emerging markets bonds. There’s a lot of greenwashing, and there are really weak standards in terms of additionality, materiality, accountability and transparency.”.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

To take one UK-based example, when FTSE4Good was launched in 2001, a pioneering benchmark for socially responsible investing (SRI), the focus was on carbon emissions. A linked question is whether the large number of indices could provide cover for greenwashing by unscrupulous businesses or asset managers.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Sir Ronald Cohen, veteran venture capitalist and impact investing guru, explains why he believes we’re on the verge of an impact revolution. Last month, the IFVI issued its draft methodology for impact accounting, building on the work of Harvard Business School’s Impact-Weighted Accounts Initiative , which Cohen also chaired.

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