Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Lord Patel said COP26 is “the perfect opportunity to highlight on the world stage the importance of nature-based solutions.” Pledges and financing risk being misdirected towards scientifically uncertain, poorly planned initiatives which have few lasting impacts other than to greenwash the activities of polluters.

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 19, 2022

The ruling referred to ads displayed in bus stops in London and Bristol in October 2021, in the run-up to the COP26 climate conference, promoting HSBC’s initiatives to provide up to $1 trillion in finance and investment to help clients transition to net zero, and to help plant 2 million trees.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Finance pledges and cries of ‘greenwashing’. But without more detail, the announcement attracted cries of “ greenwashing.”. secretary-general announced an expert group to propose clear standards for companies and others making net zero commitments, partly in response to furor around greenwashing.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

The formation of the TPT was announced last year by then-Chancellor of the Exchequer, and now UK Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, at COP26 , and officially launched in April 2022. We now need financial firms and companies to come forward with high quality plans to show how they will meet their targets.”.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 25, 2022

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published its much-anticipated consultation outlining measures to tackle greenwashing, including the introduction of three categories for sustainable investments. Greenwashing misleads consumers and erodes trust in all ESG products,” said Sacha Sadan, FCA’s Director of ESG. .

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Sustainability Matters

APRIL 3, 2022

“Climate and sustainability disclosures have become key requirements for most businesses, but the lack of a globally accepted reporting framework has caused confusion and even opportunities for greenwashing,” said CA ANZ Business Reform Leader Karen McWilliams.

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ESG Today

MARCH 30, 2023

The UK initially committed to introduce mandatory disclosure of transition plans from financial institutions and listed companies during the COP26 conference in 2021 , and formed a Transition Plan Taskforce (TPT), composed of industry and academic leaders, regulators, and civil society groups, to develop a “gold standard” for transition plans, in order (..)

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

The Energy Transitions Commission , a coalition of businesses and nongovernmental organizations, calculated that if the commitments made at COP26 are delivered, it will cut the gap between today and the 1.5 The international financial community formed a broad alliance of firms committed to net zero, attracting accusations of greenwashing.

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3BL Media

MARCH 29, 2022

COP26 kept sustainability at the top of every executive’s agenda, while social movements and supply chain challenges forced a dramatic rethink. There is still a lack of trust regarding organisations’ ESG claims and a perception that companies are guilty of greenwashing or only reporting on positive progress.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Getting any advice is difficult as carbon consultants are busy post COP26 and we, like many businesses nationwide, have limited in-house capacity to do it ourselves – although we’re making changes there! Since COP26, prices have skyrocketed, so buying as much as possible in advance is advised. There’s no urgency to buy credits now.

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Martin Brown

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

If you have seen the beautiful Anti-Greenwash Playbook that Content Comms launched at COP26 then you will be aware of the ability that these small books have to open conversations. And, if you are interested in obtaining a copy please do let us know now in advance so that we can determine our first print run.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 21, 2022

The postponed COP26 summit held in Glasgow in November was widely billed as a moment of reckoning; the world’s last chance to set out serious plans to deliver the global commitment to keep temperature rises to 1.5°C. Yet COP26 came and went without the detailed action plans required. Concerns over corporate greenwash are widespread.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Risk of greenwashing. Accurate, comparable data is critical to prevent misallocation of capital away from transitional activities and any exposure of sustainable finance to the risk of greenwashing. As announced at COP26, the new Board will work towards issuing a series of comprehensive global baseline standards, starting with climate.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 28, 2022

Unveiled at COP26 and consolidating the Value Reporting Foundation (VRF) and? One of the biggest threats to the credibility of the whole system is greenwashing; overselling [sustainable credentials] and underperforming. The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) is the latest initiative.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The UK has delivered its account of the progress made under its COP26 presidency, but with only 26 countries having made good on the Glasgow commitment to resubmit nationally determined contributions before arriving in Sharm El Sheikh, evidence is inconclusive.

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We Mean Business Coalition

JUNE 2, 2022

At COP26 in Glasgow the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Foundation announced the creation of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) to develop a comprehensive global baseline of sustainability disclosures.

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John Englart

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

People from all ages, but especially youth and students.Greta Thunberg marched with the crowd and made a speech to the Fridays for Future Rally on November 5 in which she argued those leaders inside the COP were just engaged in Greenwashing, that it is largely a PR event, a "two-week long celebration.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 15, 2022

The 2022 work plan builds on IOSCO’s 2021 release of recommendations for the oversight of ESG ratings and data providers, and guidance on preventing greenwashing in fund products. Avoiding greenwashing. We need everyone in the securities sector to work with us now to promote good practices and call out greenwashing.

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Chris Hall

MAY 3, 2022

The effectiveness of asset owner and manager actions in tackling greenwashing by companies is seen as critical to the low-carbon transition. The COP26 declaration states that engagement escalation policies should be developed and disclosed, including details on how and when engagements will be escalated.

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Chris Hall

MAY 27, 2022

Alongside the progress of a bill in California calling for fossil fuel divestment by public-sector pensions, and the SEC’s plans for climate-risk disclosures , this new assault on greenwashing moves US policy closer to its European counterparts, where fund disclosure rules are already reshaping the market.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 12, 2022

A week before COP26 in Glasgow, the initiative unveiled the world’s first science-based accreditation of companies’ net-zero targets with the launch of the Corporate Net Zero Standard. Addressing greenwashing. C above pre-industrial levels. Immediate action is already possible for short term science-based targets.

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Stanford Social Innovation

OCTOBER 11, 2022

As discussions about ESG become more and more polarized—while progressive politicians push for aggressive regulations, billionaires like Elon Musk call it a “scam” and nonprofits accuse businesses of greenwashing—leaving consumers increasingly confused.

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Carlos Sanchez

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Furthermore, expansion to new sectors, faster cuts of the supply of allowances and other climate policies like EU’s fit-for-55 or COP26 adoption of Article 6 are pushing prices up. Besides, a third of the respondents consider offsetting as pure greenwashing. Offsetting is often hypocrisy, and it is swirling around at #COP26.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 7, 2022

Regulators around the world are considering increasing their scrutiny of companies’ emissions-reduction claims in a bid to dispel greenwashing concerns. . Today’s guidelines will help companies continue to decarbonise in a cost-effective way,” UK Business and Energy Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said. .

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Suga’s pledge was followed up at COP26 last November when current Prime Minister Fumio Kishida promised US$10 billion over the next five years to support Asia’s migration from fossil-fuel-fired to zero-emission thermal power, such as ammonia and hydrogen.

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B the Change

JUNE 22, 2022

including many following the recent COP26 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow?—?has We cannot afford slow movers, fake movers, or any form of greenwashing.” has also increased leverage for companies’ climate transition plans. So h ow can B Lab play its role in this race against time?

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The UK initially committed to introduce mandatory disclosure of transition plans from financial institutions and listed companies during the COP26, resulting in the formation of the Transition Plan Taskforce (TPT) in 2021.

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We Mean Business Coalition

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Comparability minimizes opportunities for greenwash, provides the clearest picture to investors looking for the world’s most sustainable companies, and delivers the accountability that is essential to drive further progress. There has been significant development on reporting standards since COP26.

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Carlos Sanchez

DECEMBER 18, 2022

In 2022, the voice against “greenwashing” practices was clear and loud. Figure 2: Word Greenwashing rated 100 in popularity in 2022 – source Google Trends. At COP26 last year, we left with the feeling that businesses were committed to net zero. 2022 Sustainability Summary. UK) and devastating floods (e.g.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

As some noted , legislative momentum on sustainability and climate was already slowing, just 100 days after COP26. So too will the UK’s government’s latest attempt to have its cake and eat it, with regard to North Sea drilling. Like Covid-19, the Ukrainian crisis will also claim media and policymaker attention.

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Chris Hall

MAY 10, 2022

Chancellor Rishi Sunak unveiled the government’s ambition to become the world’s first net zero financial centre at COP26 last November, where he also announced the intention to mandate transition plans as the first step. According to Alexander, the SDR regime has the potential to take bold steps against greenwashing.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

As one of the first countries to mandate TCFD-aligned reporting, then-Chancellor and now-Prime Minister Rishi Sunak unveiled the UK’s ambition to become the world’s first net zero financial centre at COP26 last November, with the intention to mandate transition plans as the first step. .

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

As one of the first countries to mandate TCFD-aligned reporting, then-Chancellor and now-Prime Minister Rishi Sunak unveiled the UK’s ambition to become the world’s first net zero financial centre at COP26 last November, with the intention to mandate transition plans as the first step. .

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 31, 2022

While progress was uneven, it was achieved against a radically changing geopolitical backdrop, and reinforced by moves in the US to mandate climate risk disclosures by corporates and discourage greenwashing by fund providers. COP26 revisited. It might not be perfect, but perhaps we should not expect it to be.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 17, 2022

Sceptics remain unconvinced , their reservations over financial institutions’ commitments reinforced by news of further regulatory crackdowns on greenwashing, this time at Goldman Sachs , accused of overstating the credentials of its green funds.

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Chris Hall

MAY 13, 2022

This builds onto the UK’s existing national commitments, such as the Glasgow Climate Pact from COP26, promising the 2020s to be a decade of action. Unfortunately, with less than eight years left to halve emissions and current national commitments consistent with a 2.4 o C remains highly uncertain. What does a credible strategy look like?

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

The aims of the UN’s Climate Action Pathway for Finance , published in advance of COP26 last year, are nothing if not ambitious. At COP26, the UK government committed to working towards mandatory TCFD-aligned disclosure obligations across the UK economy by 2025.

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