Corporate Knights

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

I’m reminded of this debate amid the current turmoil over a green investment label in Europe, a situation caused largely by the unwillingness of the sustainable investment sector to create its own industry standard. Eugene Ellmen was executive director of the Social Investment Organization between 1999 and 2012.

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Corporate Knights

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The US SIF says this more cautious approach was at least partly triggered by recent US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposals to crack down on greenwashing by ramping up standards on the names and disclosure requirements for ESG funds. The reports show that assets rose steadily but incrementally between 1995 and 2012 to US$3.7

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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. Under the new definitions in 2022, those assets are 14% lower at US$30.3

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