Corporate Knights

MARCH 13, 2024

The sustainable investment industry was among the strongest supporters of the SEC’s initial proposal. “The SEC’s new climate rule will help make it clearer which companies are living up to their climate pledges and which are doing nothing more than greenwashing,” said Al Gore, former U.S. The SEC estimates that 3,700 U.S.

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Chris Hall

JULY 18, 2024

In addition, while SFDR was designed to enhance transparency around sustainability, Article 8 and 9 disclosure requirements have been used “in marketing material as ‘quality labels’ for sustainability, consequently posing greenwashing and mis-selling risks”.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Following on, James d’Ath , the TNFD’s Head of Nature Data, warned that regulators were already beginning to “move away from self-regulation to more government-led requirements, due to concerns over greenwashing”. Others have noted with concern the approach to emissions reductions of countries heavily reliant on fossil fuel revenues.

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