Chris Hall

MARCH 12, 2025

Funds data and analytics provider Morningstar Sustainalytics predicts that between 30% and 50% of in-scope funds will change name as a result of ESMAs new guidelines. Hortense Bioy, Head of Sustainable Investing at Morningstar Sustainalytics, told ESG Investor that most of these name changes will take place over the next month.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

One such, unheard of a few short years ago, is “greenwashing”, the practice of dressing up products, services or investments as being in full conformity with ESG principles – in contradiction of the underlying reality. That may be a factor, but the real issue is the difficulty in defining sustainable investments.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Industry experts have stressed the need for simplicity and clarity around Europe’s ESG fund labelling, as the European Commission’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) consultation deadline looms. billion over the past three months.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Although there is a lot of data out there, once you start digging into it, you find out its not necessarily consistent, and there are challenges cleaning it, he said, acknowledging that standard setters have a role to play by ensuring their definitions and tagging of nature-related information and data is consistent.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Efficient, reliable and trusted benchmarks can cut the cost of sustainable investment, as they allow passive, index-based strategies to support sustainable investment objectives. Passive funds, she said, account for roughly 40% of all US sustainable investment assets under management.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

So, we definitely recognise that there are multiple facets. Obviously, you’re acting on behalf of your investors when you’re making that vote.” In part, because that tends to be a very strong driver of where the firm will continue to invest moving forward.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

With various regulatory bodies globally initiating consultations on ESG ratings and data, regulation is definitely on the way. This explainer considers whether new rules will help investors to better understand what is behind ESG ratings and use them effectively to implement sustainable investment strategies.

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