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94% of Investors Say Corporate Sustainability Reporting Contains Unsupported Claims: PwC

ESG Today

For the report, PwC’s Global Investor Survey 2023, PwC surveyed 345 investors and analysts across 30 countries and territories, with 65% of respondents at organizations with total AUM of more than $1 billion.

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ESG Emerging as a Key Driver of Growing Investor Allocation to Real Assets: Survey

ESG Today

For the report, Real Asset Study 2023, Aviva Investors polled 500 institutional investors, including pension funds, insurers, global financial institutions and official institutions, across Europe, North America and Asia, representing combined assets under management of $3.5 trillion, in a survey conducted by CoreData Research.

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UK FCA Warns on Green Fund Label Abuse

Chris Hall

A number of asset managers have revised the categorisation of their funds under SFDR, in light of further regulatory guidance, to avoid claims of greenwashing. . Sadan also advised that in order to affect change on firms’ ESG practices, investors need to engage over the long term rather than divest investment. It is about long term.

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Empowering Young Leaders to Solve the World’s Energy Challenges: Insights From Nine Business Case Studies Highlight Paths to a Sustainable Future

James Militzer

As we move further into 2023, it can take a lot of energy to think about energy. These case studies are available for purchase at 50% off their regular price through March 31, 2023 , using the discount code ENERGETIC. Were the sustainability measures and corporate social responsibility offices at VW simply engaged in greenwashing?

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Glencore Abandons Coal Demerger at Investors’ Request

Chris Hall

In the statement it referred to metallurgical coal as “carbon steel materials”, drawing accusations of greenwashing. Divest or wind down? In 2023, the coal division contributed over CA$5 billion (US$3.64 The company said it would continue the “responsible decline of its thermal coal operations over time”.

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Focus on Outcomes

Chris Hall

According to the World Meteorological Organization , global averaged concentrations of carbon dioxide, the “most important GHG”, were a full 50% above the pre-industrial era for the first time in 2022 – and continued to increase in 2023. ” The post Focus on Outcomes appeared first on ESG Investor.

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How Institutional Investors Can Be Involved in Climate Actions

Chris Hall

In late 2022 and early 2023, a significant number of Article 9 funds were downgraded to Article 8 due to stricter regulatory guidance. This resulted in concerns over greenwashing accusations and uncertainty surrounding the interpretation of sustainable investments.