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Impact in Focus Ahead of ESMA Deadline

Chris Hall

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. Jamie Broderick, Deputy Chair of the UKs not-profit Impact Investing Institute, says that this should come as no surprise.

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ESG Today: Week in Review

ESG Today

Singapore Unveils Disclosure Rules for ESG Funds to Reduce Greenwashing Risk. Guest Post: Combatting Greenwashing. Accenture Invests in ESG Measurement Platform PulsESG. Allfunds Acquires ESG Investment Services and Analytics Provider Mainstreet Partners. ESG Reporting & Disclosure. ESG Services and Tools.

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Can AI terminate climate change.or is it an even greater threat?

Corporate Knights

“A ton of climate tech companies are working on solutions that leverage AI,” says Ariel Sharir, an impact investing analyst at The Atmospheric Fund. “It Ariel Sharir, impact investing analyst, The Atmospheric Fund In architecture, some firms are incorporating analytics and AI into their computer-aided design platforms.

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This Week’s Tech and Tools News: Impact Cubed Tools Target Greenwashing

Chris Hall

“The ESG fund boom shows that investors want to see ESG factors taken into account, but it’s tricky to provide evidence a fund does that,” said Arleta Majoch, chief operating officer at Impact Cubed. Linking our factual data to tech-enabled tools is a powerful antidote to ESG ratings confusion and concerns about greenwashing.”

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Impact Platform Eyes an AI Future

Chris Hall

Net Purpose, a data analytics platform for impact investors, is expanding its team and capabilities, while looking at new technologies to help align investments to UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Net Purpose expands capabilities, views AI as essential to handle proliferation of sustainability data.

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SFDR Update “Does not Kill Innovation” – AllianzGI

Chris Hall

In the months leading up to Level 2, some asset managers opted to downgrade various funds to Article 8 to avoid accusations of greenwashing.

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No Time to Rest in Passive ESG Market

Chris Hall

A report in September by asset manager DWS and independent research boutique CREATE-Research found 22% of pension funds surveyed are implementing, or have already implemented, impact investing as part of their passive investment strategies. Kuh said that the issue of greenwashing is being addressed.