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U.S. sustainable investing assets plunge by more than US$8 trillion

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. Sustainable investing assets skyrocket post 2014. trillion in 2014.

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How Big Oil promotes climate change misinformation in Canadian schools

Corporate Knights

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Polluting Education report And in 2014, the Alberta government enlisted Suncor Energy and Syncrude separate entities at the time to partner on curriculum creation for kindergarten to grade three, and Cenovus to partner on curriculum for grades 412, the authors say.

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Major investor alliance working to clean up greenwash lurking in ESG

Corporate Knights

JUNE 13, 2023

In response to accusations of greenwashing and growing regulatory scrutiny, a group of high-powered financial networks is working to standardize the often-opaque jargon of the responsible investing industry. sustainable investments quadrupled from US$4 trillion in 2014 to US$17 trillion in 2020. In the U.S.,

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Is 'net zero' much ado about nothing?

GreenBiz

MAY 11, 2021

The "way back when" in this case seems to be around 2014. Is net zero greenwash? The term is used to greenwash business-as-usual or even business-more-than-usual," it continued. "At It was seen by many as audacious, possibly unachievable, but still a necessary target. Ah, yes: The good old days. Some think so.

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Paul Polman's rallying cry for courageous leaders

GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

This is where the moral leaders [will] separate themselves from the greenwashers," Paul Polman, global sustainability leader and former Unilever CEO, said in a GreenBiz 21 keynote conversation about what leadership means today. Paul Polman at the 2014 One Young World Conference in Dublin, Ireland. Leadership. GreenBiz 21.

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EU to Require Auditing of Sustainability Reporting, Disclosure by Large non-European Companies

ESG Today

JUNE 22, 2022

The CSRD is aimed as a major update to the 2014 Non-Financial Reporting Directive (NFRD), the current EU sustainability reporting framework. Greenwashing is over.”. The new agreement will require companies to have their reported sustainability information independently audited, and will also apply to some large non-EU companies.

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FigBytes Ranked Among Top 14 Sustainability Management Vendors

3BL Media

MARCH 16, 2022

As more companies make commitments to climate action plans the risk of greenwashing rises too. About FigBytes Established in 2014, FigBytes helps companies and governments plan, track and fulfill goals along their environmental, social, governance (ESG) journey.

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Can Taxonomies Mobilise Capital for Indonesia’s Coal Phase-out?

Chris Hall

APRIL 21, 2023

The question is how stringent Indonesia should set the transition criteria, taking into account a pressing need to not only avoid charges of greenwashing or ‘transition washing’, but also build confidence in the country’s decarbonisation pathway. Based on a 2014 study , virtually no CFPP would qualify, even with carbon capture and storage.

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Member States Urged to Enforce 2024 Deadline for CSRD

Chris Hall

JULY 5, 2022

Susanna Arus, EU Public Affairs Manager at Frank Bold , said the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) – which updates the 2014 Non-Financial Reporting Directive (NFRD) and comes into force on 1 January 2024 – could create a ‘two-speed Europe’. Greenwashing is over.

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A Step Forward for Stewardship

Chris Hall

MAY 12, 2023

“The third pillar deals with how to develop stewardship guidelines and implement them, with the fourth pillar focusing on financial and non-financial reporting and how to report that information to stakeholders, as well as covering practical issues such as greenwashing.

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Nestlé and California Groundwater (Part 1)

Sense and Sustainability

AUGUST 18, 2020

Editor’s note : This is the first of two articles published concerning greenwashing, both historically and at present. This week’s article examines water as a human right. The second article can be seen here. Groundwater extraction in California remains a hotly contested topic.

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Ethics Research Symposium

Steven Mintz

JUNE 5, 2024

Moderator: Joan Lee, Fairfield University The Effect of Public Criticism on Corporate Greenwashing Leting Liu, University of Toronto – Rotman, Ontario, Canada (Presenter) Discussant: W. From 2003 to 2014, he held several roles within DRI, including as a Deputy Director. ESG – Room 1 Behavioral Ethics – 1.5

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Healthy Spaces Podcast: Season 4, Episode 2 - Nitty Gritty on Net-Zero

3BL Media

JULY 23, 2024

The summer of 2014, ten years ago this summer, I was with a group of our company leaders and we were in a room to do a bit of a scenario assessment. If what you're trying to do really is greenwashing, I'm sorry, you've left no room open for dialogue and for us, our faith as a society in corporate action. Which is a lot.

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How cracks emerged in Africa's plan to plant a wall of trees across the continent

Corporate Knights

APRIL 17, 2023

Wall of greenwash? As per 2014 data from the search engine Ecosia, which partnered with local groups to quantify the success of the initiative to date, the Wall initiative had planted approximately 22.3 The Great Green Wall has not been without both its challenges and its critics.

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U.S. sustainable investing assets plunge by more than US$8 trillion

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