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Memo to Canadian mutual funds: stop greenwashing with vague ‘ESG integration’ claim

Corporate Knights

In a new anti-greenwashing policy, Canadian mutual funds will no longer be able to claim the vague and oft-criticized strategy of “ESG integration” if they want to be included in the country’s official list of responsible investment funds. In a case that received a lot of attention, DWS agreed to pay $25 million to the U.S.

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The Benefit Fund (Blog)

Stanford Social Innovation

Martin & Brandon Leppke The next step in impact investing is the Delaware statutory public benefit limited partnership, which provides clarity of definition, assuages fears of greenwashing, and harmonizes manager incentives with public good. By Frank J.

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What is Ethical Consumerism?

Steven Mintz

In addition to divesting from unethical stocks, you can make investments in companies that make a positive change in a practice called  impact investing. Environment, Additionally, impact investing generally gives lower returns than the rest of the stock market.  Barriers to Ethical Consumerism.