3BL Media

MAY 4, 2022

In this paper, we describe our process for assessing ESG-labeled bonds and show that, by systematically applying this framework, investors can help set a gold standard for the market, avoid surprises from controversy and greenwashing, and potentially generate more alpha over time. Less Greenwashing Can Mean More Alpha.

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James Militzer

JUNE 21, 2024

The report attributed this decline to methodology changes made by Alliance member US Sustainable Investment Forum, which tightened its standards regarding what qualifies as a sustainable investment in an attempt to address rising concerns about greenwashing.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The summit’s delegates and documentation admitted there was little new on the agenda, consensus having been reached on the need to reform the global financial architecture , but were consistent in their calls for “a political push to achieve sufficiently ambitious outcomes”. What’s in a name?

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Protected status for ESG investment products could mark the beginning of the end for greenwashing for UK investors. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is consulting on proposals to clamp down on so-called greenwashing by, in effect, giving protected status to key terms connected with ESG-led investing. “It

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Data published this week from the World Bank – ‘Sovereign Green, Social and Sustainability Bonds: Unlocking the Potential for Emerging Markets and Developing Economies’ – show that total issuance reached US$3.5 Rich countries have since struggled to deliver on this pledge, but the private sector have begun to step in. Gold standard.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 19, 2024

Help yourself – Transition planners were given further guidance this week, with a slew of reports from the Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS), a collective of central banks and financial markets supervisors focused on green finance. It included the US$9.5

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Chris Hall

JUNE 22, 2022

At the same time, the credibility of their climate strategies has been brought into question both by greenwashing scandals and recent analyses of the Paris-alignment of fund offerings. . European banks have financed upstream oil and gas expansion by more than US$400 billion since 2016, ShareAction research has found. commitment ?they

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Chris Hall

MARCH 1, 2024

Beginning in fiscal year 2024, federally-regulated financial institutions in Canada – including banks and insurance companies – are already mandated to report on climate-related financial risks. This approach indicates a phased rollout, meaning that requirements will gradually extend to different sectors over time.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 3, 2023

This surrender was part of a wider pullback, as banks, investment funds and asset owners axed billions of dollars from sustainable investment funds and reined in marketing excesses. North American banks dug in on fossil fuels and pressured GFANZ to capitulate. What caused this turnaround? And what does it mean for the future?

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Carlos Sanchez

DECEMBER 18, 2022

In 2022, the voice against “greenwashing” practices was clear and loud. Goldman Sachs ‘s and Deutsche Bank’s DWS) for exaggerating claims about their products’ sustainability credentials. Figure 2: Word Greenwashing rated 100 in popularity in 2022 – source Google Trends.

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Corporate Knights

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Several other companies around the world are also offering to arrange for collecting plastic from where it winds up and doesn’t belong (landfills, waterways, roadsides), and then verify credits, including Plastic Bank and Plastic Credit Exchange. “As ACC’s Dewing counters that “people say this is greenwashing.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Jakob Thomae, Project Director at the Inevitable Policy Response (IPR), cautions against reading too much into a specific form of words in a single document. That’s a good outcome for a consensus document.” COP28’s final text does perhaps hint at the beginnings of such a framework, not least through its most-quoted output.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 21, 2022

The Loan Market Association and the European Leveraged Finance Association recently updated their Best Practice Guide to Term Sheet Completeness (which Reorg contributed to) to support greater ESG transparency at the term sheet stage and combat the risk of greenwashing. Disclosure, reporting and external verification.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Charles Boakye, Equity Analyst of ESG and Sustainable Finance at investment bank Jefferies, says that “more taxonomies isn’t the answer to what is a complicated question around transition”. . This week, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a consultation outlining new fund labels to combat greenwashing.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

And there are wider issues around the VCMs already in operation, such as credit pricing, third-party verification and reducing the risk of greenwashing. . While the ETA will offer a “fixed price” for corporates, there are concerns that too low a price could reduce the quality of the credits and expose the market to greenwashing risk. .

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 29, 2023

In what may be a first for a federal budget in Canada, the document includes an RBC Economics chart that shows electricity from solar and wind costing less than natural gas. “As This massive battery manufacturing facility will represent a significant portion of the North American battery manufacturing sector,” the budget document states. “It

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ESG Today

APRIL 2, 2025

Deutsche Banks investment arm DWS has been fined 25 million ($USD27 million) over charges that it misled investors over its sustainable investing credentials, according to a statement released by the Frankfurt prosecutors office. In May 2022 police raided the Frankfurt offices of DWS and Deutsche Bank as part the greenwashing investigation.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 14, 2025

Recent high-profile exits from industry groups like the Net Zero Asset Managers and Net Zero Banking Alliance illustrate the effects of these growing legal and reputational risks. Looking ahead The backlash against so-called greenwashing is only expected to heighten regulatory scrutiny.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 14, 2025

Carneys central banking experience, forged in the fires of the global financial crisis and Brexit, may prove priceless to the smallest Group of Seven economy when dealing with a volatile wielder of tariffs. This at least will have the practical benefit of helping to put the era of greenwashing behind us.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 16, 2025

ESMAs guidelines on fund names came into effect in November and are expected to serve as an interim anti- greenwashing measure ahead of a more expansive and far-reaching update to the SFDR that will be put forward later this year. Meanwhile, ESMA is expected to publish further SFDR guidance and a Q&A document later this year.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 8, 2024

Last month, Dutch bank ABN AMRO found at least 16% of Article 8 and 9 funds were in breach of the new guidelines. In addition, in June, ESMA introduced a tool enabling to better identify cases of greenwashing in the investment management industry.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 8, 2024

Last month, Dutch bank ABN AMRO found at least 16% of Article 8 and 9 funds were in breach of the new guidelines. In addition, in June, ESMA introduced a tool enabling to better identify cases of greenwashing in the investment management industry.

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