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A Far from Passive Approach to Paris-alignment

Chris Hall

The distinction between active and passive investment strategies needs to be redefined when it comes to sustainable investments, argues Henrik Wold Nilsen, a Senior Portfolio Manager at Storebrand. Storebrand makes the distinction between Paris-alignment reporting and financial alignment. trillion total.

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Vast Majority of Investors Sticking with Sustainable Investing, But Quietly, BNP Paribas Survey Finds

ESG Today

Nearly nine out of ten institutional investors globally report that they are not changing their commitments to sustainable investing, despite geopolitical pressures, although many are being quieter about it, according to a new survey by financial group BNP Paribas.

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Regulator Bans HSBC Ads Highlighting Green Activities as Misleading

ESG Today

The ruling comes as financial institutions and other companies increasingly face regulatory scrutiny over greenwashing concerns. Earlier this year, the CEO of Deutsche Bank’s investment arm DWS resigned after police raided the firms’ Frankfurt offices as part of an investigation into greenwashing allegations.

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Canada’s biggest pension plan is fuelling worst rainy-day future ever

Corporate Knights

Inconsistency and Greenwashing Across the sector, the report cites inconsistent asset disclosure, lack of transparency around fossil fuel investments, and what it calls the “obfuscation” of terms like “green assets” and “transition assets” as factors that make it “nearly impossible” to assess pension funds’ performance.

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Greenwashing Managers Must Heed Watchdogs’ Bark

Chris Hall

Asset managers should expect and prepare to be challenged on the sustainability credentials of their ESG-labelled funds as financial markets watchdogs clamp down on greenwashing, according to regulatory experts. . The SEC has also recently fined BNY Mellon Investment Adviser US$1.5

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UK to Invest Over $1.2 Billion to Boost Green Industries

ESG Today

Taken together across our fastest-growing innovation sectors, this support alone will attract an estimated £2 billion of additional investment every year over the next decade.” Alongside the new investments, Energy Security Secretary Claire Coutinho unveiled a series of power network reforms to help accelerate electrification.

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Greenwashing Risk Grows in China ESG Funds

Chris Hall

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.