ESG Today

JUNE 5, 2023

Key sources of greenwashing risk identified by the regulators included claims about sustainability impact and company engagement made by asset managers, litigation risk related to misleading ESG claims made by banks, and misleading product claims by pension and insurance providers.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 13, 2024

Sustainable Investment Forum, in a statement. vice-president and co-founder of sustainable asset firm Generation Investment Management. “But A CSA spokesperson said the group will soon share information about an upcoming CSA consultation on a revised climate-disclosure rule.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Slow-to-change investors and greenwashers in the business community will lose their cover to continue propping up the fossil fuel economy. And citizens and consumers will have the kind of granular information they need to more effectively target the decision-makers and brands standing in the way of a sustainable future.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 31, 2023

A lack of engagement with key stakeholders and timing of greenwashing investigation among criticisms levelled at European Supervisory Authorities. Enforcement needed to tackle greenwashing Fixler said on LinkedIn that these actions “did more to tackle greenwashing than the entirety of SFDR [EU Sustainable Financial Disclosure Regulation].”

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ESG Today

MARCH 28, 2024

The cases follow a warning by ASIC Chair Joseph Longo to providers of investment funds and financial products that the regulator was watching out for misleading sustainability claims, and that it was providing guidance for fund managers and issuers to keep clear of greenwashing.

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3BL Media

APRIL 19, 2022

Jordan Locke, a recruitment consultant in Acre's Global Sustainable Finance & Impact Investing Team, sat down with Business Insider alongside a group of industry experts to discuss the current ESG talent shortage, ‘greenwashing’ and the rapid pace of change. . Greenwashing kind of falls into that same skepticism.

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ESG Today

JULY 27, 2022

Regulators, and in particular the EU, have increased the level of disclosure as regards sustainable investing through the SFDR/Taxonomy/NFDR/CSRD etc. Firstly transparent disclosure makes it harder for investment managers to “greenwash” their products and fool investors that they are following altruistic goals.

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3BL Media

MARCH 29, 2022

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The regulation establishes harmonized rules for financial market participants including investors and advisers on transparency regarding the integration of sustainability risks and the consideration of adverse sustainability impacts in their processes and the provision of sustainability‐related information with respect to financial products.

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Vanguard added that it informed investors and enhanced the disclosure of the fund. The investment manager also admitted in a hearing in court that it had made false and misleading claims about the fund. The court found Vanguard guilty of making misleading claims in March 2024, advancing the case to consider penalties.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

When the planets align, the sustainability investments yield meaningful emission reductions and a payoff for the owner. Investors are shopping for rental buildings In fact, there’s good evidence in both Canada and the United States that investment capital is now flowing into rental apartments at a pace not seen in decades.

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Corporate Knights

DECEMBER 1, 2023

As the COP28 meeting begins and the world looks to the financial sector to step up on the climate crisis, the global sustainable investment industry is finally coming to grips with allegations of greenwashing that have plagued it for years. Sustainable Investment Forum (U.S. Maria Lettini, CEO of the U.S.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 15, 2024

But as these moves come under greater scrutiny and regulators and investors take action against greenwashing, could we see a knock-on effect of green hushing and bleaching cause a shrinking universe of options for ESG investors? Sustainable growth? It is not hard to see why offering sustainable investments is so appealing to companies.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Sustainability technology company Clarity AI announced the launch of a new tool aimed at helping fund managers to market products aligned with new sustainable investment naming rules, labels and standards across Europe.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

FCA-hosted TechSprint aims to harness technology innovation to outpace adverse impacts of greenwashing in financial services. At yesterday’s culmination of the Global Financial Innovation Network’s (GFIN) first Greenwashing TechSprint , awards were presented based on different criteria.

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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? The role of investors in improving access to verifiable information is also critical.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Similarly, 69% of investors reported that they would increase their investments in companies that successfully manage sustainability issues relevant to the business’s performance and prospects, and 67% would increase investment in companies that change their business conduct to have a beneficial impact on society or the environment.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Research by the European regulator shows that ESG-related named fund s attract more inflows , raising concerns about potential greenwashing. Consistency across documentation Additionally, the report found that the language used in fund documentation varies significantly based on type.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 15, 2023

The European supervisory authorities (ESAs) and EU national competent authorities (NCAs) will need to build out their in-house resources and skill sets to effectively identify and handle instances of greenwashing by financial institutions, but greater guidance is recommended by observers rather than new waves of regulation.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 25, 2024

However, between regulations and ambitions, there are operational implications that are redefining the entire landscape of sustainable investments. This confirms how the use of more sophisticated data collection tools can represent a competitive advantage in sustainable investments.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 25, 2022

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published its much-anticipated consultation outlining measures to tackle greenwashing, including the introduction of three categories for sustainable investments. Greenwashing misleads consumers and erodes trust in all ESG products,” said Sacha Sadan, FCA’s Director of ESG. .

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 19, 2022

UK ad regulator the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) ruled Thursday that ads by HSBC highlighting the bank’s climate-focused actions were misleading, as they omitted information about HSBC’s continued financing activities for emissions-intensive industries and businesses.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 30, 2024

The global investment community is walking a “tightrope” between greenwashing and green blushing as it strives to stay abreast of regulatory developments that continuously ramp up accountability on sustainable investing, industry sources have sad. That pace of change is here to stay.”

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The consultation continues to ask what disclosure requirements should be considered for all financial products, listing taxonomy-related disclosures, engagement strategies, exclusions, and information about how ESG-related information is used in the investment process.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 10, 2024

The EU watchdog plans to ramp up scrutiny of sustainable financial products, warning providers not to make “unsubstantiated” claims. The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has developed a new tool that will enable it to better identify cases of greenwashing in the investment management industry.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 21, 2024

Greenwashing is a growing risk in the Chinese fund management sector, as marketing of ESG products runs ahead of standards and regulatory oversight, a new report by Greenpeace has found. China falls behind Greenwashing has emerged as a major problem in developed countries over the last decade with the rise of ESG-labelled funds.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Transition of Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation to a labelling regime will be ongoing and multi-faceted. Garrault highlighted discrepancies between SFDR and the EU Taxonomy, such as the former defining sustainable investments and the latter more specifically identifying environmentally sustainable investments.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) have issued a Call for Evidence to stakeholders on greenwashing. . The ESAs have also asked for any available data to help them gain a more concrete sense of the scale of greenwashing and areas of particularly high risk. .

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Jon Hale

JUNE 17, 2022

End of Week Notes Answers to questions ranging from overall purpose and different approaches to greenwashing and performance. Here are a few questions I fielded about sustainable investing that seem to be on the minds of a lot of folks: What is the real purpose of sustainable investing?

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The FCA review comes ahead of the regulator’s release of its final rules and guidance on Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) and investment labels regime. The FCA is also working to implement an investment labelling system with information on the sustainability characteristics of investment products.

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Chris Hall

MAY 19, 2023

Cerulli white paper spotlights significant asset owner concerns over managers’ “overstating” or being “unclear” on sustainability commitments. The report said greenwashing as a key concern for asset owners, with asset managers “overstating or providing unclear messaging” on their level of commitment to sustainability.

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James Militzer

JUNE 21, 2024

This interest is driven by new climate science findings and the strong performance of sustainable investments: In 2023, sustainable funds outperformed traditional funds , delivering an overall return of 12.6%, which is almost 50% higher than that of traditional funds. trillion in 2022, a 15% decrease from 2020.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 30, 2024

The answer depends on the fund, the region, the sector, and the company. In a market that expanded before firm regulatory guardrails were put in place, there is very valid concern that some transition-labelled funds may be perpetuating greenwashing by investing in companies misaligned with credible decarbonisation pathways.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

In November 2021, the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) said there is need for the global investment industry to “develop common sustainable finance-related terms and definitions” to ensure consistency.

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Jon Hale

AUGUST 8, 2022

Sustainability Matters Block out the noise and focus on these three points. Mostly from Europe comes the claim that ESG is just greenwashing by the world’s largest asset managers, distracting attention from the urgent need for comprehensive policy solutions to climate change and other global sustainable development goals.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Investors’ growing appetite for sustainable investments now places funds marketed as ESG at more than $2.7trn in AUM. Regulators have stepped in to root out greenwashing with enforcement actions and policy-making to clarify what is a sustainable investment based on factual data and more precise fund names.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

These new rules, intended to counteract greenwashing, spell out the criteria for a green investment and require market participants to disclose how they are aligned with them. For more information, visit www.impact-cubed.com/regulatory solutions. The outcome is a seamless approach to customized sustainable investing.

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