Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

But what makes this development – which includes 12 deeply affordable apartments to be operated by a local non-profit – unusual is that it is hooked into a geo-exchange system. The Canadian government, in turn, has begun offering loans for purpose-built rental development and retrofit projects in multi-family buildings.

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ESG Today

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Key focus areas outlined in the new EBA roadmap include improving transparency on ESG issues, ensuring that ESG-related risks are integrated in financial institutions’ risk management frameworks, and addressing greenwashing risks. Click here to access the EBA Roadmap on Sustainable Finance.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Matthew Rusk, Head of GRI North America, served as a panelist in a session titled " Defending Your ESG Credibility - Protecting Your Business From Greenwashing Claims." GRI’s focus on standardized reporting, improved efficiency and precision in data collection, as well as disclosure auditability helps prevent corporate greenwashing.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the conduct regulator for financial services firms and financial markets in the UK, has informed asset managers that it will be testing the ESG and sustainable investing claims made in their communications with investors, as part of its efforts to reduce greenwashing risk.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 26, 2023

First developed in 2013 by the climate investment firm HASI, CarbonCount is a decision tool that evaluates investments in U.S.-based based carbon-free energy, energy efficiency, and climate resilience projects to determine how efficiently they reduce CO2 equivalent emissions per $1,000 of investment. white paper today! white paper today!

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ESG Today

APRIL 24, 2024

Sacha Sadan, FCA’s Director of Environmental, Social and Governance, said: “Confirming the new anti-greenwashing guidance and our proposals to extend the Sustainability Disclosure Requirements and investment labels regime are important milestones that maintain the UK’s place at the forefront of sustainable investment.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 26, 2020

How companies can develop mitigation strategies and reduce risk with testing and certification. How to ensure that claims of recycled content are valid and to avoid greenwashing. How regulations and brands are driving the use of recycled plastics. The safety and performance considerations of recycled plastics. Speakers: .

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

This is where the moral leaders [will] separate themselves from the greenwashers," Paul Polman, global sustainability leader and former Unilever CEO, said in a GreenBiz 21 keynote conversation about what leadership means today. Uneven COVID-19 vaccine distribution between developed and developing countries is a case in point.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

There is a need for an independent institutional arrangement to call out companies that are overstating SDG commitments in corporate reporting or financing declarations.

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Greenwashing has emerged as a significant concern for businesses, according to the survey, with two-thirds of executives reporting that it has become a serious concern in their industries. The post Greenwashing Top of Mind for Execs, as War & Inflation Threaten Corporate Climate Progress: Deloitte appeared first on ESG Today.

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ESG Today

MAY 31, 2023

The lawsuit comes as companies globally face increasing scrutiny of their environmental sustainability claims, with consumers and regulators increasingly on the lookout for greenwashing, or claims that exaggerate or misrepresent the impact or sustainability profile of products and business operations.

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Impact Alpha

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

The voluntary market for carbon credits has been haunted by low quality projects and greenwashing. The post Carbon markets fall short as a climate solution, but go far in financing sustainable development appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Prices for the credits, which enable companies to.

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ESG Today

JUNE 29, 2023

In the letter, signed by FCA Director of ESG Sacha Sadan, the FCA wrote: “A number of the issues identified have informed our observations about the possibility of potential risks to market integrity and suspicion of greenwashing in the context of SLLs.”

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B the Change

OCTOBER 25, 2022

A look at how to spot greenwashing and learn from companies that are telling transparent stories about their environmental footprint. We talk about how to spot greenwashing and learn from companies that are telling transparent stories about their environmental footprint. How can these same players combat greenwashing?

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3BL Media

APRIL 19, 2022

Jordan Locke, a recruitment consultant in Acre's Global Sustainable Finance & Impact Investing Team, sat down with Business Insider alongside a group of industry experts to discuss the current ESG talent shortage, ‘greenwashing’ and the rapid pace of change. . Greenwashing kind of falls into that same skepticism.

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ESG Today

JUNE 7, 2023

The post UK Bans Shell, Petronas, Repsol Ads in Greenwashing Crackdown first appeared on ESG Today. The post UK Bans Shell, Petronas, Repsol Ads in Greenwashing Crackdown appeared first on ESG Today. Shell’s ads included claims that 78,000 homes in the UK Southwest and 1.4

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ESG Today

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Australia’s competition regulator the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) announced today the release of its final guidance on environmental claims, aimed at helping companies comply with rules to avoid misleading green marketing and advertising green claims, and protecting consumers from greenwashing.

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ESG Today

JUNE 17, 2024

The European Council today announced today that it has reached an agreement on a series of proposals aimed at protecting consumers from greenwashing, setting requirements for companies to substantiate and verify claims and labels regarding the environmental attributes of products and services.

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Environmental News Bits

AUGUST 25, 2021

The Greenwatch Project, which launched last year, is developing artificial intelligence-based methods to detect greenwashing, in order to improve the measurement of progress towards the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Read the full story in The Irish Times. Read more →

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 14, 2025

Is the burgeoning 'plastic credits' market a new wave of greenwashing? Other major challenges researchers face in developing medical bioplastics is ensuring that biodegradable materials meet stringent safety and sterility standards required for medical applications. RELATED UN talks to create a global plastic treaty have stalled.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 25, 2022

Plans by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to crack down on greenwashing by fund managers must be revised to cover not just environmental but human rights issues. In March 2022, Inclusive Development International co-published a report which found that ESG-labelled funds held at least US$13.4

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Environmental News Bits

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Pork producer Danish Crown has been forced to back-track on its company-developed eco-label the ‘climate-controlled pig’ as Denmark pays increasing attention to climate labels amid allegations of greenwashing. Read the full story at Food Navigator. Read more →

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Renewable Energy World

JUNE 7, 2021

Sangha Systems, developers of an 82-MW cryptocurrency mining facility at a former steel mill in Hennepin, Illinois announced that it has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with AEP OnSite Partners to develop a 2 – 5-MW behind-the-meter solar power array to begin to migrate its electricity consumption towards clean energy.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Airlines have faced "flygskam" — or flight shame — which has seen some travelers shun air travel, heightening pressure for the sector to demonstrate that it can develop a flight path to net-zero emissions. And energy providers the world over are rushing to slash their reliance on fossil fuels as the clean energy transition gathers pace. .

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Impact Alpha

APRIL 27, 2021

Featured: ImpactAlpha Original How a collective of Black developers is raising equity for inclusive real estate in Philadelphia. The post The Brief: Inclusive real estate in Philadelphia, community solar in NYC, scaling edtech in India, regulating greenwashing, insurgents at Exxon appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 29, 2024

Global standards-setting board the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants (IESBA) announced today the release of its new proposed standards for ethical considerations in sustainability reporting and assurance, aimed at mitigating greenwashing and elevating the quality of reported sustainability information.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 25, 2022

Lack of visibility and perceptions of “greenwashing”. Greenwashing – a term for the perception of words (and marketing) outweighing action on behalf of climate change – is a risk that companies are increasingly sensitive to. Turn Risk into Reward: Join the Energy Transition Movement.

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Corporate Knights

JULY 14, 2022

We had developed a strong methodology of research and engagement with companies, regulators and governments for work on a range of issues. For example, we developed a significant investor presence on issues of forest land management. Do you feel corporate greenwashing has increased or decreased from the 1970s and ’80s?

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

FCA-hosted TechSprint aims to harness technology innovation to outpace adverse impacts of greenwashing in financial services. At yesterday’s culmination of the Global Financial Innovation Network’s (GFIN) first Greenwashing TechSprint , awards were presented based on different criteria.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 16, 2022

But their approaches could be other forms of ESG investing in disguise—some just greenwashing or social washing—or they don’t have the roadmap, experience and resources to meet your impact goals. We’ve developed a list of five hard-hitting questions to help sort the wheat from the chaff. Views are subject to change over time.

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Sustainability Update

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Report on every environmental initiative and face allegations of greenwashing? Greenmuting vs Greenwashing First, we must understand the extremes on both sides. Greenmuting vs Greenwashing First, we must understand the extremes on both sides. Yet, it is difficult to let go of the fear of being called a dreaded greenwasher.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 27, 2025

administration are expected to be offset by a continued focus on sustainable development across many regions, including increased clean energy investments, and growth in climate adaptation and nature-related projects. Global focus on sustainable development and investment will support the market.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

They should also develop disclosure requirements of core complementary metrics for financial institutions and consider the impacts of existing policies on climate goals.

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3BL Media

MARCH 11, 2022

‘Greenwashing’ concerns can’t be addressed without effective reporting standards. As we address in this publication, frameworks without a definite reporting obligation cannot fully address concerns of greenwashing, nor can ESG ratings and rankings. SOURCE: GRI.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The EHS professionals who develop and maintain these programs are the greatest source of truth for this information. These key points will help your EHS and marketing teams collaborate on the development of an effective sustainability-focused brand awareness campaign. Greenwashing in Brand Marketing. How to avoid greenwashing.

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Corporate Knights

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

As he reported on the fallout from “National Sword,” Franklin-Wallis developed an appreciation for how complex the waste industry is. Changing consumer behavior will require a crackdown on greenwashing, Franklin-Wallis said. The waste industry is absolutely replete with greenwashing,” Franklin-Wallis said.

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ESG Today

APRIL 21, 2023

The statement added that the green bond program is expected to begin in mid-2024, following the development of a Green Bond Framework. One of the key priorities was the development of a taxonomy to define activities and assets as sustainable for the labelling of green financial products.

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