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SFDR: Market Divided on Future of Article 8, 9 Funds

Chris Hall

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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EC Leaning Toward New SFDR Categories

Chris Hall

The European Commissions DG FISMA has emphasised the merits of replacing the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulations (SFDR) existing Article 8 and Article 9 labels with formal categories based on clearer criteria. InfluenceMap also reported that Article 8 funds had cumulatively invested 43.8

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Momentum Building on the Path to 2050

Chris Hall

Tim Day, Investment Fund Manager at Trina Solar, explains the importance of Europe’s sustainable investment community in the growth of solar power. It’s no secret that the renewable energies industry is crucial to meeting the needs of society without harming the planet for present and future generations.

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Greenwashing Risk Grows in China ESG Funds

Chris Hall

As a result, the NGO warned greenwashing – whereby funds make sustainability claims that are not backed up by the performance or impact of their investments – was a rising concern in the world’s second-largest economy. While China has been far behind more developed markets on this issue, it is slowly improving, Greenpeace said.

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Study of EU 100 largest companies shows streamlining and precision needed for optimal EU Green Taxonomy

We Mean Business Coalition

The EU Green Taxonomy is one of the cornerstones of the EU Action Plan on financing sustainable growth and is also the foundation of many other pieces of legislation currently being implemented. This consistency fosters transparent reporting practices. Striking the right balance between robustness and simplicity is crucial.

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Delays Stoke Doubt Over UK Green Finance Policies

Chris Hall

COP27 deadline for Green Finance Strategy likely to be missed, as investors await details on sustainable investment framework. Investors are expecting details this week on the new UK government’s strategy on energy and inflation, but time is running out for updates on key climate and green finance policies ahead of COP27.

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How Green are Recycled Funds?

Chris Hall

“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.