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FCA Releases Anti-Greenwashing and Sustainable Investment Product Rules

ESG Today

According to the FCA, the new rules come as investors increasingly seek investments with positive environmental and social impact, with global AUM in ESG-oriented funds anticipated to grow to $36 trillion by 2026, while around 70% of investors report lacking trust in the sustainability claims of investment products.

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Sustainable Bond Issuance Could Grow to $1 Trillion in 2024 Despite Sharp Q2 Slowdown: Moody’s

ESG Today

Global issuance of labelled sustainable bonds – including green, social, sustainability, sustainability-linked, and transition bonds – declined sharply in the second quarter of 2024, as fewer new issuers entered the market and issuers contend with regulatory scrutiny, according to a new report released by Moody’s Ratings.

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FCA Delays Implementation of SDR Sustainable Fund Labeling Rules to April 2025

ESG Today

The new rules form part of the FCA’s Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR), introduced by the regulator in November 2023 , aimed at helping investors assess the sustainability attributes of investment products, and to avoid greenwashing risk, to portfolio managers.

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Columbia Threadneedle Adopts FCA’s SDR Sustainability Focus Label for Nine Funds

ESG Today

The FCA’s SDR requirements were introduced by the regulator in November 2023 , aimed at helping investors assess the sustainability attributes of investment products, and to avoid greenwashing risk, to portfolio managers.

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Fidelity International to Adopt FCA Sustainability Label for Three Funds

ESG Today

The FCA’s SDR requirements were introduced by the regulator in November 2023 , aimed at helping investors assess the sustainability attributes of investment products, and to avoid greenwashing risk, to portfolio managers.

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Moody’s Forecasts Resilient Sustainable Bond Market, with Cleantech Investment Offset by Soft Macro Environment

ESG Today

For 2024, Moody’s forecasts the GSSS market to hold steady at around $950 billion, as increased investment in and adoption of green technologies help the market maintain resilience in the face of an environment of higher-for-longer interest rates and moderating economic growth. election on federal climate policy clouding the issuance outlook.

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Global Trade and Climate Change Will Impact U.S. Grocery Bills—Fairtrade America Offers Key Strategies for 2025

3BL Media

WASHINGTON, December 10, 2024 /3BL/ - American consumers are concerned about the cost and quality of the groceries they consume every day, as evidenced by the results of the 2024 U.S. High Global Commodity Prices Are Here to Stay The history-making coffee and cocoa price spikes seen in 2024 are not anomalies.