Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

A new report says that trend has reversed itself in the last two years, as the industry struggles to respond to allegations of greenwashing and a tougher regulatory environment. . trillion in total assets at the end of 2021. . welcomed this reclassification, saying it will help bring an end to industry greenwashing. .

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The labelled bond space has exploded, with labelled issuance growing 69% between 2020 and 2021. Identifying and avoiding greenwashing. ESG Ratings support portfolio construction where the overall ESG rating, or sub-components, are used for positive/negative screening and ESG optimization at the entity or instrument level.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 2, 2022

European efforts to bring transparency to ESG funds haven’t addressed fears of greenwashing. Different approaches to product classification have sown confusion and raised greenwashing concerns among both institutional and retail investors. trillion at the end of December 2021 – representing 42.4% What impact has SFDR had?

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The growing use of ESG-related language in fund names and documentation without transparency and underlying evidence increases greenwashing risk, ESMA warned.

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Stanford Social Innovation

OCTOBER 5, 2023

As a result, to feel better, these investors want to screen out problematic companies from their investment portfolio. To serve this constituency, asset managers have long offered “values” or “socially responsible” (SRI) funds that offer a “negative screen.” Issuance of green bonds has more than tripled from 2017 to 2021.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 10, 2024

The negative sentiment doesn’t match the tremendous progress that is being made. Sustainable investments soared in 2020 and 2021 , and that was certainly when the shine was on. Clean energy stocks performed tremendously in 2020 and early 2021, but in hindsight this was clearly a bubble. But that’s not what I’m seeing.

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