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UK Green Labels to Raise Fund Standards

Chris Hall

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is consulting on proposals to clamp down on so-called greenwashing by, in effect, giving protected status to key terms connected with ESG-led investing. “It But at least with the new regime it will no longer be possible to bury caveats at the back of fund documents,” he said. Simplified regime.

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Managers’ Eyes on SFDR Prize

Chris Hall

The Commission has finally given us clarity on the general orientation of the RTSs,” says Victor van Hoorn , Executive Director of the European Sustainable Investment Forum (Eurosif). . The finalised DR document outlines all 13 RTSs and provides an explanatory memorandum.

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This Week’s Tech and Tools News: Bloomberg Launches Global GSS Bond Indices

Chris Hall

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including Bloomberg, Normative, Sugi, ISS ESG, FE fundinfo and MSCI. .

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Do – and Should – Asset Managers Care About the ‘S’ in ESG? – Part 1

Chris Hall

The geo-political risks associated with last year’s war in Ukraine plus the current war in the Middle East has pushed the social element of ESG investing to the fore, while the impact of sanctions-screening has raised scrutiny on the social elements such as human rights and community needs still further.