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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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Research by the European regulator shows that ESG-related named fund s attract more inflows , raising concerns about potential greenwashing. Consistency across documentation Additionally, the report found that the language used in fund documentation varies significantly based on type.

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Environmental News Bits

APRIL 28, 2022

Download the document. As public and political awareness of the high environmental and social toll of the fashion industry has climbed the agenda, and scrutiny on brands has intensified, so has the … Continue reading License to Greenwash: How Certification Schemes and Voluntary Initiatives Are Fueling Fossil Fashion.

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Corporate Knights

MAY 8, 2024

Companies publish these reports as their own documents. As a result, they can allow companies to “greenwash.” As a result, they can allow companies to 'greenwash.' What needs to change to limit greenwash? This could be by only disclosing information that makes a company look “sustainable” to the public.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 10, 2024

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has developed a new tool that will enable it to better identify cases of greenwashing in the investment management industry. On the basis of that work, it has now developed what it describes as an “indicator” to qualify greenwashing risk among investment funds. “[We

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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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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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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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Chris Hall

JANUARY 18, 2023

Non-profit Planet Tracker identifies widening range of greenwashing practices, which may require greater regulatory involvement as well as investor vigilance. . The report identifies six different types of greenwashing which contribute to making the issue tougher to tackle. Slaying the green hydra .

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Chris Hall

JUNE 7, 2022

Asset managers should expect and prepare to be challenged on the sustainability credentials of their ESG-labelled funds as financial markets watchdogs clamp down on greenwashing, according to regulatory experts. . Growing concerns over greenwashing and mislabelling were highlighted in a 2021 report published by think tank InfluenceMap. .

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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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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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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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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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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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Corporate Knights

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Why aren’t consumer brands asking to see this documentation?” Instead of greenwashing, these multi-billion dollar companies should use their public platforms to ensure AAL remedies the harm it has done to impacted communities and the environment.” This story was originally published by Mongabay.com.

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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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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Anti-greenwashing rules and guidance may become “diamond standard”. Anti-greenwashing guidance proposed by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), as well as the promise of extending the finalised Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDRs) to pension products, has been welcomed by the investment industry.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The growing use of ESG-related language in fund names and documentation without transparency and underlying evidence increases greenwashing risk, ESMA warned.

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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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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Further, a lack of transparency around why a fund has been re-labelled as sustainable and the impact the new label has on the fund’s environmental-related characteristics or performance can ignite greenwashing concerns. Avoiding greenwashing.

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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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Corporate Knights

JULY 25, 2023

The policy won’t affect money that has already gone out the door or commitments that have already been signed, there is no published calculation of the future subsidies that will now be foregone, and the documents provide no cost figures for 129 non-tax measures that could be shifted as a result of this week's announcement.

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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

DECEMBER 19, 2022

 This latest move, meant to end greenwashing and empower the European Union’s (EU) social market economy, requires companies to disclose environmental, social and governance matters that align with the EU’s climate goals. SMEs can opt out until 2028.

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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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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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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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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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ESG Today

JULY 25, 2024

The document also includes recommendations aimed at establishing the EU Taxonomy as the sole reference point to be used to assess and measure sustainability performance, noting that the SFDR – which predates the Taxonomy – provides its own, more flexible, definition of sustainable investments.

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