3BL Media

DECEMBER 16, 2022

But their approaches could be other forms of ESG investing in disguise—some just greenwashing or social washing—or they don’t have the roadmap, experience and resources to meet your impact goals. ESG screening weeds out issuers that investors want to avoid, such as tobacco, gambling or oil. Impact investing is one way.

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Corporate Knights

JULY 14, 2022

EE: There’s a general concern about greenwashing and the dissonance between what many companies say they believe about ESG issues and what they are actually doing. Do you feel corporate greenwashing has increased or decreased from the 1970s and ’80s? And what can investors do about it? What are your thoughts on that?

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 11, 2023

The rules were issued for consultation in January 2022, with the aim to enhance the transparency of disclosures on sustainability-related products, improve product comparability, and guard against greenwashing. . It must also appropriately reflect this focus in its investment objectives or strategy in its registration statement. .

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Stanford Social Innovation

OCTOBER 5, 2023

As a result, to feel better, these investors want to screen out problematic companies from their investment portfolio. To serve this constituency, asset managers have long offered “values” or “socially responsible” (SRI) funds that offer a “negative screen.”

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 5, 2022

The Impact Investing Principles have been really helpful, especially given the increased scrutiny of funds and concerns over greenwashing. We believe there is an opportunity cost in negative screening or exclusionary approaches, because you may miss out on the benefits from the [transition] opportunity.

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 31, 2022

This market boom and increasing focus on labelled bonds represent a significant challenge for investors, where issues around information and behaviours have led to controversy, adverse headlines and even sanctions, along with widespread concerns around greenwashing. Identifying and avoiding greenwashing. Access Report.

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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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