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

AUGUST 14, 2024

It includes financial operators and other organizations interested in the environmental and social impact of investments. The Forum’s mission is to promote the knowledge and practice of sustainable investing, with the goal of spreading the inclusion of environmental, social and governance ( ESG ) criteria in financial products and processes.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Investment in adaptation offers significant opportunities that are yet to be comprehensively tapped,” said Rena Pulido, Head of Sustainable Investment Australia at IFM Investors, a A$221.7 It will be important for taxonomies to include adaptation to further mobilise much needed investment in adaptation,” she told ESG Investor.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 15, 2023

The European supervisory authorities (ESAs) and EU national competent authorities (NCAs) will need to build out their in-house resources and skill sets to effectively identify and handle instances of greenwashing by financial institutions, but greater guidance is recommended by observers rather than new waves of regulation.

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Chris Hall

MAY 19, 2023

The report said greenwashing as a key concern for asset owners, with asset managers “overstating or providing unclear messaging” on their level of commitment to sustainability. Ongoing ESG product development Cerulli observed that asset managers are continuing to develop products, sales, and marketing of ESG products.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 16, 2024

The European Supervisory Authority (ESA) proposed creating two fund categories, one for sustainable funds and another for transition funds, while the European Sustainable Investment Forum (Eurosif) suggested introducing three categories. InfluenceMap also reported that Article 8 funds had cumulatively invested 43.8

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 7, 2023

The SFAC compiled the report after it assumed responsibility for creating a green taxonomy after the Canadian Standards Association, a non-profit industry body, failed to reach consensus among fossil-fuel and investment-industry representatives in 2020.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

According to CFA Institute and the ACCA, the new course is being introduced in response to the demand for skills and training for finance and investment professionals to help organizations with their sustainability strategies and activities.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

These new rules, intended to counteract greenwashing, spell out the criteria for a green investment and require market participants to disclose how they are aligned with them. The outcome is a seamless approach to customized sustainable investing. Media Contact: Arleta Majoch, COO Impact Cubed Arleta@impact-cubed.com.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The FCA review comes ahead of the regulator’s release of its final rules and guidance on Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) and investment labels regime. The FCA is also working to implement an investment labelling system with information on the sustainability characteristics of investment products.

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Jon Hale

DECEMBER 22, 2021

End of Week Notes And 4 ways that it’s having a positive impact on the world Sustainable investing had another successful year of growth, performance, and influence in 2021. Global sustainable funds attracted record inflows in just the first three quarters of the year, while their overall assets under management approached $4 trillion.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

“Guidance on labelling sustainable and ESG funds would be the natural next step for the SEC to take,” Gregory Hershman , Head of US Policy at the UN-convened Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) told ESG Investor. Studies have highlighted that greenwashing is a problem in the US.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 31, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including Impact Cubed, NatureAlpha, Sylvera, Carbon Trust, Themis, Manifest Climate and AirCarbon Exchange. Linking our factual data to tech-enabled tools is a powerful antidote to ESG ratings confusion and concerns about greenwashing.”

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ESG Today

JUNE 13, 2023

The framework’s key building blocks include the EU Taxonomy, rules on disclosures and reporting for companies and investors, and tools such as standards and labels enabling the development of sustainable investment solutions and avoid greenwashing.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

A clear sustainability business case should also be well articulated and understood by the board, management team, and employees as well as external audiences such as investors and customers. Close the perception gap As sustainability initiatives become more prevalent across companies, consumers are becoming more skeptical of greenwashing.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 24, 2024

Integration of ESG Factors: Collaborating with investment teams and risk management to integrate ESG factors into investment decision-making processes. Providing insights and recommendations on how ESG considerations can be incorporated into investment strategies, product development and risk assessments.

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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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3BL Media

OCTOBER 9, 2024

As responsible investing evolves, the broad spectrum of client preferences and perspectives are at the heart of today’s ESG challenge. For us, the key question is: How can a global investment firm develop an ESG framework across asset classes that meets varied needs and enhances our ability to deliver the best possible outcomes for clients?

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

A stewardship programme that offers comprehensive engagement on climate and sustainability issues to responsible investment clients is commendable, provided it is done effectively. However, the question remains whether the programmes now being developed will deliver success if they are bifurcating their engagements.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Regulation is helping asset owners achieve their sustainable investment goals by driving corporate disclosures and honing ESG data quality, according to research from global index provider FTSE Russell.

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 9, 2024

EU markets regulator the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) released its finalized guidelines on ESG Funds’ Names earlier this year, aimed at protecting investors from greenwashing risk, and detailing minimum standards and thresholds for funds using ESG and sustainability-related terms in their names.

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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. Before long, any asset manager thinking of slapping a ‘sustainable’ or ‘ESG’ label on its investment products for UK clients should think twice – at least. It thinks there is a problem about greenwashing.”.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 1, 2022

These long-held principles of sustainability have filtered down to the world of investment. According to figures published by The Global Sustainable Investment Alliance in 2021, Japan’s total sustainably invested assets stood at US$42,874 billion in 2020, representing a more than fivefold increase from 2016.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 11, 2023

Under the new rules funds must allocate two-thirds of their NAV to sustainable investment objectives. . The Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued its final rules for sustainable and responsible investment (SRI) funds. .

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We Mean Business Coalition

MAY 19, 2023

To achieve this requires urgent, large-scale, and sustained investment. We cannot raise these funds unless we address companies’ concerns about the reputational risk of investing in the VCM. We therefore must urgently build the confidence of business leaders to invest in NCS, rather than opting out.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Negligible impact on SDGs – The need to close a massive financing gap to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is well established. Regulators are already pushing back against the risk of greenwashing with a range of fund disclosure , naming and labelling rules.

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Jon Hale

JANUARY 7, 2022

End of Week Notes How Bloomberg Businessweek’s takedown of MSCI’s ESG Ratings got it wrong Sustainable investing has attracted its share of criticism lately. Further complicating matters, sustainable investing has not sprung forth as a unified, fully developed investment approach.

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Chris Hall

JULY 21, 2023

Article 9 funds are considered the most sustainable, requiring portfolios with 100 per cent sustainable investments. The advantages of Article 9 funds lie in their ability to provide clear signals to investors regarding their commitment to sustainability.

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Sustainable Development Network

DECEMBER 16, 2021

For years, the lack of consensus on the key principles defining an “SDG-aligned” or “sustainable” business has created confusion and enabled greenwashing. However, many existing frameworks, practices, and reporting standards are not fit to purpose.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 4, 2024

The International Energy Agency estimates that US$1 trillion a year to 2050 will need to be spent in developing economies to achieve net-zero GHG emissions. Yet, many institutional investors remain reticent to invest in developing economies. In 2022, only 2% of impact funds were focused on EMs, representing just 0.1%

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Chris Hall

JUNE 15, 2023

During a speech at the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) State of the Nation conference, Longo said ESG issues are driving “the biggest changes to financial reporting and disclosure standards in a generation”.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 23, 2022

Assets in European impact funds increased by 50% in 2021 compared to 2020, as demand for the classification increases in the wake of greenwashing claims against funds elsewhere in the sustainable investment universe. of total European funds’ net assets currently follow an impact investing approach.

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Corporate Knights

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Sustainable investing assets in the United States have plunged by more than half to US$8.4 trillion at the end of 2019, according to a new report from the US Forum for Sustainable and Responsible Investment (US SIF). Sustainable investing assets skyrocket post 2014. trillion at the end of 2021 from US$17.1

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 13, 2022

But the positive progress witnessed in the making of commitments has not been matched by the development and implementation of decarbonisation strategies, CA100+ said. To improve on outcomes in its second phase, ShareAction urged CA100+ to strengthen signatory requirements alongside heightened engagement expectations.

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Chris Hall

MAY 24, 2024

David Byrns, Portfolio Manager at American Century, explains why transition investing is fundamental to achieving net zero. While global sustainable investments reached US$30.3 Best-in-progress approach American Century launched a new strategy called Global Sustainable Value in November 2023. “The

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B the Change

JULY 7, 2022

a new way of dealing with money management, funding business activities, and creating investment products? Yes, sustainable finance is a new field of finance, with a new industry and new jobs, new regulations and frameworks developed by various governmental and nongovernmental bodies. My answer: Yes and no. private and public?—?have

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