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ESG Explainer: SFDR One Year on

Chris Hall

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. While SFDR was designed to avoid greenwashing, it has not achieved its objective.

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Philippine SEC Finalises Green Fund Rules

Chris Hall

The rules were issued for consultation in January 2022, with the aim to enhance the transparency of disclosures on sustainability-related products, improve product comparability, and guard against greenwashing. .

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Sustainability trends 2023

Carlos Sanchez

Last year we had great hopes that 2022 would be the year to build back better in the aftermath of COVID-19. In this article, I’ll summarise key events defining 2022 and present four sustainability trends that will prepare you to create an impact in 2023. 2022 Sustainability Summary.

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List of Clean 200 companies captures the green transition in full flight

Corporate Knights

along with ongoing corporate greenwashing and fossil-fuel disinformation, it’s sometimes hard to tell if society is moving forward or slipping back. trillion in sustainable revenue in 2022, deriving on average 54.7% The Clean200 uses negative screens. You follow the money, of course. for their MSCI ACWI peers.

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New report shows $200-billion drop in responsible investing market share in Canada

Corporate Knights

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. . Negative screening (for instance, screening out weapons, tobacco or fossil fuels) is number two at 91%, and corporate engagement is third at 79%. .

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Sustainable investments had secretly great year

Corporate Knights

It was a different story in 2022. We used to be concerned about greenwashing, but now it seems that many companies are deliberately staying quiet in what some are calling greenhushing – the practice of downplaying or keeping quiet about their sustainability initiatives. Even better, the majority of these jobs are in red states.