Chris Hall

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Article 8 funds promote “environmental and/or social characteristics”, while Article 9 refers to products that have a sustainable investment objective; all holdings within a fund must be sustainable investments that meet the standard of “do no significant harm”.

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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. The EU’s taxonomy has been particularly controversial because of its inclusion of natural gas and nuclear as “green investments.”

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We Mean Business Coalition

AUGUST 23, 2023

The EU Green Taxonomy was designed to accelerate the flow of money into green companies and projects, while simultaneously protecting investors from greenwashing accusations. By refining reporting practices and legislative clarity, the EU Green Taxonomy can become an even more powerful driver of sustainable investments.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

“Asset managers have always been reviewing and tweaking their funds – that’s nothing new – but as ESG expands across all markets, tweaking is happening with sustainability in mind,” says Hortense Bioy, Global Director of Sustainability Research at research provider Morningstar. Avoiding greenwashing.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 8, 2023

ING Asset Management’s new SDG Impact Strategy will provide clients with exposure to companies that contribute specifically to the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), responding to strong demand for ‘dark green’ investments. The funds downgraded in Q4 2022 were worth a combined €171.1

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 9, 2022

A key amendment requires 100% of the proceeds to fund green projects, instead of 50-70% previously. This is a big step for foreign investors who are eager to invest in China’s domestic green bond market but have concerns about greenwashing—inadvertently buying ‘green’ bonds that, in fact, support non-green projects.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The European Markets and Securities Authority (ESMA) released an analysis that noted the “absence of harmonised and standardised reporting requirements” for private sector actors against SDG targets, and concluded that most funds claiming to contribute to SDGs neither explained clearly how they aligned, nor invested any differently to non-SDG funds.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 5, 2022

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will closely monitor funds’ use of incoming green investment labels, potentially stopping asset managers from using them in the event of misuse. . Regulator’s ESG head underlines need for market confidence, highlights importance of investor engagement. . International, not isolated .

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Levick added that several national entities, including the UK Infrastructure Bank and the British Business Bank plan to utilise the green taxonomy to guide investment decisions.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 10, 2022

Rampant criticism of green investment will only accelerate its maturity. In the two weeks since our last blog, and the three since the Financial Times’ Katie Martin first tweeted about Stuart Kirk’s fêted and ill-fated climate-risk speech, there’s been an avalanche of comment on the failings and misunderstandings of ESG investing.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) was challenged during a parliamentary hearing on Wednesday, on the grounds that funds adhering to the regulator’s proposed rules for sustainability labels may be able to hold fossil fuel firms, some of which have recently rowed back on climate commitments.

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Corporate Knights

DECEMBER 1, 2023

As the COP28 meeting begins and the world looks to the financial sector to step up on the climate crisis, the global sustainable investment industry is finally coming to grips with allegations of greenwashing that have plagued it for years. Sustainable Investment Forum (U.S. Maria Lettini, CEO of the U.S.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 1, 2023

A European green taxonomy The European Union has produced a green taxonomy that mostly excludes fossil fuel projects from the sustainability label, though it controversially includes some natural gas uses and nuclear as “sustainable” investments.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Canada is lagging in its efforts to drive private capital into sustainable investments to finance solutions on climate change and other environmental challenges. The post Canada is falling behind in global race to attract sustainable investments: Guilbeault appeared first on Corporate Knights.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 21, 2023

Define your terms – Those seeking transparency of a different kind – ie clarity on what constitutes a sustainable investment – might have been disappointed after the European Commission recently declined to offer one in response to requests from regulators.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 29, 2023

These regulatory moves are necessary for China to compete on the international stage on ESG, according to Dr Guo Peiyuan, Chairman of SynTao Green Finance, the founding organisation of China Sustainable Investment Forum (ChinaSIF). trillion (US$3.57 trillion) growing from RMB 18.4 trillion in 2021.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 18, 2023

Different paths; same goal – This week marked the first anniversary of the passing of the Inflation Reduction Act , the landmark achievement of the Biden Presidency, which aimed to pivot the US economy toward a vibrant green future through investment incentives. The act also kickstarted an era of green investment competition.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 3, 2023

This surrender was part of a wider pullback, as banks, investment funds and asset owners axed billions of dollars from sustainable investment funds and reined in marketing excesses. More than US$8 trillion removed from sustainable investment tally. sustainable investment, to US$8.4 green investment.

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CleanTechnica

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

COIN offers a digital impact investing platform that allows investors to put their money into sustainable and social Impact Areas, and promises to make Impact Investing easier for everyone. However, when I dug in deeper, I wondered where exactly the impact was in my investment.

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CleanTechnica

OCTOBER 12, 2019

I’ve long been interested in climate action, and as I’ve become more interested in investing, I’ve become totally passionate about how to do sustainable investment RIGHT – or at least BETTER.

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