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Fidelity International Launches New Sustainable Investing Framework to Meet New ESG Regulations

ESG Today

Investment management firm Fidelity International announced that it has revised its sustainable investing framework, launching a new 3-tiered system categorizing funds by their level of ESG integration, citing an evolving ESG client and regulatory landscape.

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Individual Investors in the U.S. Outpace Their Global Peers in Sustainable Investing

3BL Media

Europe, and Japan, “close to 80% of individual investors believe that it is possible to balance market rate returns with a focus on sustainability,” notes Jessica Alford, chief sustainability officer of the company. The survey was conducted by Morgan Stanley Wealth Management and the Institute for Sustainable Investing.

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ESG Today: Week in Review

ESG Today

See below for the highlights of the past week, and get all your ESG news at ESG Today: Sustainability Goals, Initiatives and Achievements Microsoft Purchases Carbon Credits Helping U.S.

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ESG Today: Week in Review

ESG Today

See below for the highlights of the past week, and get all your ESG news at ESG Today: Sustainability Goals, Initiatives and Achievements Boeing Announces Public Launch of Data Tool to Assess Aviation Decarbonization Solutions Carbon Removal Buyers Group Frontier Announces First $53 Million Offtake Agreement Svante, 3M Partner to Develop Material to (..)

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Fidelity Confirms Sustainable Investing Framework Shift

Chris Hall

Fidelity International has made revisions to its sustainable investing framework to adjust to a changing ESG regulatory landscape, aiming to provide investors with greater transparency on its funds. Last year, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority added a ‘ Sustainability Mixed Goals ’ label to its Investment Labels regime.

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Investors Caught Between Greenwashing and Green Blushing

Chris Hall

The global investment community is walking a “tightrope” between greenwashing and green blushing as it strives to stay abreast of regulatory developments that continuously ramp up accountability on sustainable investing, industry sources have sad. That pace of change is here to stay.”

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DWS CEO Quits Over Greenwashing Accusations

Chris Hall

Yesterday’s raids by German police follow action brought against the firm by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), relating to evidence provided by former Chief Sustainability Officer Desiree Fixler that DWS exaggerated the extent to which ESG principles were followed in funds marketed as sustainable.