3BL Media

MAY 7, 2024

Not only would assurance provide stakeholders with confidence in the accuracy of data, it would also aid the organization in compliance with regulatory standards, safeguard against allegations of greenwashing and result in an improved future EcoVadis score. Connect with an ESG specialist at Baker Tilly to learn more.

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Greenwashing CDP 147

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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ESG Today

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Switzerland’s Federal Department of Finance (FDF) announced today that it will proceed with plans to propose regulations to address greenwashing in the financial sector, including investment and disclosure rules for financial products using labels such as ‘sustainable,’ green,’ or ‘ESG.’

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Environmental News Bits

MARCH 17, 2022

Download the document. As public concern grows about mountains of plastic trash, the plastics industry is promoting technologies that it misleadingly calls “chemical recycling” (also known as advanced recycling, molecular recycling, and chemical conversion) and touts as a solution to the plastic crisis. But it is a false solution.

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Greenwashing 81

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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3BL Media

JUNE 21, 2022

Authorized certifiers review documents and inspect fields to ensure farmers and products meet these rigorous standards. And 40 years of published scientific research supports the many benefits of organic agriculture on human health, soil health, and the ecosystem.

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Greenwashing Sustainable Investment 147

Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

The post EU Names Rules a Stop-gap Solution to Greenwashing appeared first on ESG Investor. Transition of Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation to a labelling regime will be ongoing and multi-faceted.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 7, 2023

The European Union, China, the United Kingdom and about 20 other countries are developing such taxonomies as a way of discouraging greenwashing and channelling investment to the climate transition. This might include well-documented plans for mothballing facilities and timelines for staff retirements or reassignments.

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James Militzer

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

However, it’s difficult to gather reliable data on these emissions, and without solid evidence, this reporting can be an exercise in greenwashing. Such a regulatory and reporting environment will ensure that organisations cannot simply greenwash their way to a better public image. Blockchain-supported platforms allow them to do that.

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Environmental News Bits

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Download the document. This research report aims to enhance the legal community’s understanding of climate-related ‘greenwashing’ litigation.

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ESG Today

JUNE 5, 2024

Alexandra Mihailescu Cichon, Chief Commercial Officer at RepRisk, said: “For a long time, banks, investors, and businesses have been searching for readily deployable thematic risk metrics to streamline their due diligence processes when making financing or investment decisions, engaging new suppliers, or expanding operations.

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Supply Chains Supply Chain Greenwashing Banking 120

Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Shareholder claims over ‘greenwashing’ are likely to grow in the UK as companies face increasing pressure from regulators and investors to publish ESG disclosures in their market-facing information. Practical steps to manage risk of greenwashing claims. The Financial Services and Markets Act.

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3BL Media

JUNE 11, 2024

The document is a recognition of the significant progress that’s been made in the market and a resounding affirmation of its critical function in the fight against climate change. Yet in this moment, I feel nothing but hope.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

In the area of ESG investing, SEBI’s consultation paper provides a series of proposals to expand disclosure for ESG funds, and other measures to improve transparency, “with a particular focus on mitigation of risks of mis-selling and greenwashing and other related areas.

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ESG Today

MARCH 22, 2023

As part of the strategy, in October 2022, the regulator proposed a series of anti-greenwashing rules including the introduction of investment product sustainability labels and disclosure requirements.

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Greenwashing 113

Chris Hall

JANUARY 6, 2023

The recent tide of stories about greenwashing and divergent ESG ratings by financial actors have called into question the whole enterprise. However, not all fully espouse the new paradigm or can build enough consensus around it within their board or organisation, and herein lies the key to understanding the phenomenon of greenwashing.

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ESG Today

AUGUST 1, 2024

While Moody’s noted that a decline in new issuers is to be expected in a maturing market, the report said that the trend may be exacerbated by issuers contending with “heightened market and regulatory scrutiny and perceived greenwashing risks.”

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3BL Media

JANUARY 24, 2024

Assurance over corporate climate disclosure is critical to prevent greenwashing and ensure that investors can make decisions promoting long-term shareholder value and economic growth.” “Institutional investors have made it clear that they need consistent, comparable, decision-useful climate data,” said Steven M.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 12, 2023

When it comes to growth strategies and future market positioning, the public is getting better at spotting “greenwashing” – the practice of overinflating or fabricating sustainability achievements for the sake of marketing. Document the integration of ESG into your processes.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Rules introduced by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) last month are expected to serve as an interim anti- greenwashing measure ahead the more expansive update to the SFDR. ESMA is expected to publish further SFDR guidance and a Q&A document next year.

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Sustainable Investment Greenwashing Green Investing Development 59

3BL Media

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

The Network argued that the adoption of corporate plastic targets in a future treaty, that utilises policy tools such as EPR and mandatory disclosure, would help mitigate fears from corporations around accusations of greenwashing. It would also provide clear targets for organisations to meet instead of piecemeal voluntary measures.

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Waste Banking Greenwashing Development 147

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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Green Bonds Greenwashing Banking Net Zero 130

Chris Hall

MAY 28, 2024

Between January 2020 and December 2021, the EU watchdog identified 191 European companies involved in 933 misleading communication incidents – 70% of which involved greenwashing.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 13, 2025

Turning COP into a venue for greenwashing Oil and gas did not show up to the COP party uninvited. Article 4 of its foundational document, the UNFCCC, affirms the need to give full consideration to the impact that mitigation measures will have on countries whose economies are highly dependent on income generated from.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Large language models (LLMs) can analyse huge tracts of text across multiple documents at scale. The company also has a Controversy Detection System , which includes a LLM that generates four controversies scores, E, S, G and greenwashing, with explanations.

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Sustainability Professional Greenwashing Analytics Development 59

Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Large language models (LLMs) can analyse huge tracts of text across multiple documents at scale. The company also has a Controversy Detection System , which includes a LLM that generates four controversies scores, E, S, G and greenwashing, with explanations.

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Sustainability Professional Greenwashing Analytics Development 52

3BL Media

OCTOBER 27, 2022

With more and more companies getting called out (and sued) for greenwashing, it's clear that you need the data to back up your claims. Sustainability and ESG reports are important ways to document, report, and share the important initiatives your company is implementing. We’re not talking about just saying you’re committed.

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ESG Today

MAY 16, 2023

If being a diverse organization improves performance, they should document and share the information and data. Capturing and reporting accurate data is key To cut through all the noise and disinformation out there, however, companies must be able to articulate how their ESG programs increase their ability to create value.

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Supply Chains Supply Chain Greenwashing Climate Change 109

Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Protected status for ESG investment products could mark the beginning of the end for greenwashing for UK investors. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is consulting on proposals to clamp down on so-called greenwashing by, in effect, giving protected status to key terms connected with ESG-led investing.

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Greenwashing Sustainable Investment Social Sustainability Climate Change 52

Chris Hall

JUNE 6, 2024

Regulatory pressure on airlines over greenwashing increases as deadlines for widespread incorporation of sustainable fuel approaches. Any attention in this area is fraught with risk; even where there has been no greenwashing, the reputational damage is done when the accusation is made and it is hard to fix.” billion litres (1.5

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Greenwashing Net Zero Development 52

Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The summit’s delegates and documentation admitted there was little new on the agenda, consensus having been reached on the need to reform the global financial architecture , but were consistent in their calls for “a political push to achieve sufficiently ambitious outcomes”. What’s in a name?

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

00:04:04] Suzanne: So, we saw a lot of greenwashing happen through the, through the teens. And the report is a disclosure document. It's just, it might not be that there's a report document. 00:14:40] Dominique: He's ensuring that navigating massive documents is faster, more focused and minimizing distraction.

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Climate Change Greenwashing Digitalization Waste 147

3BL Media

OCTOBER 13, 2022

From shady, non-scientific brokers looking to make a quick buck, to corporate offset pledges that amount to nothing more than greenwashing, a few bad actors in the Voluntary Carbon Market are casting a negative light on everyone. With growing interest and investment in the carbon market comes increased scrutiny, and for good reason.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 26, 2023

Tumelo is also arguing for a change to make sure asset managers are forced to disclose their policy on allowing clients to vote on their shares as part of pre-sale disclosure documents and fund managers’ annual reporting. The consultation closed this week with wide market input.

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Greenwashing 52

Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

The responsibility for this disaster lies with Big Plastic – including major household brands – which have lobbied against progressive legislation for decades, greenwashed their environmental credentials and blamed the public for littering, rather than assuming responsibility for their own actions.”. Case study: Coca-Cola.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 19, 2024

In parallel with the release of its plans to decarbonise across asset classes up to 2030, the UN-convened Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZAOA) published this week a background document outlining its underlying assumptions. It included the US$9.5

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Net Zero Greenwashing Development Banking 81

We Mean Business Coalition

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Working with Ramboll Consulting, we mapped out 31 existing transition plan guidance documents from 17 organizations and surveyed 100 companies, investors, and other stakeholders on their needs. We found that companies are confused about what to include and want simple instructions.

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