Greenwashing Information Sustainable Investment 
Corporate Knights
FEBRUARY 8, 2022
When I led Canada’s Social Investment Organization (SIO) in the early 2000s, one of our most important debates concerned the question of whether the organization should develop an industry-wide label for socially responsible investment, as sustainable investing was called back then.
Corporate Knights
MARCH 7, 2025
This imbalance squeezed sustainable investment firms like CoPower, which ultimately led to its green bond model winding down. Investors often relied on simplified decision cues like labels and financial returns to navigate complex financial information.
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ESG Today
NOVEMBER 15, 2022
Europe’s three primary financial regulatory agencies, the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) announced today a Call for Evidence on greenwashing, aimed at gathering information on greenwashing risks and practices across the banking, insurance and financial markets sectors.
ESG Today
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the conduct regulator for financial services firms and financial markets in the UK, has informed asset managers that it will be testing the ESG and sustainable investing claims made in their communications with investors, as part of its efforts to reduce greenwashing risk.
ESG Today
AUGUST 2, 2024
million) penalty for making false claims about some of its sustainable investment options. The ASIC suit formed part of a series of a series of greenwashing-focused actions by the regulator, including cases against superannuation fund Active Super and Vanguard Investments. million ($USD7.4
ESG Today
JUNE 5, 2023
Key sources of greenwashing risk identified by the regulators included claims about sustainability impact and company engagement made by asset managers, litigation risk related to misleading ESG claims made by banks, and misleading product claims by pension and insurance providers.
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 9, 2021
Slow-to-change investors and greenwashers in the business community will lose their cover to continue propping up the fossil fuel economy. And citizens and consumers will have the kind of granular information they need to more effectively target the decision-makers and brands standing in the way of a sustainable future.
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