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.

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Corporate Knights

JUNE 13, 2023

In response to accusations of greenwashing and growing regulatory scrutiny, a group of high-powered financial networks is working to standardize the often-opaque jargon of the responsible investing industry. The conference was held at an important time for the responsible investment industry in Canada and around the world.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

This week in ESG news: Canada to require oil & gas industry to slash emissions; California’s climate reporting law survives legal challenge; Mizuho invests in climate solutions provider Pollination; new clean energy deals signed by H&M, Meta, Saint-Gobain; incoming EU finance Commissioner calls for sustainable investment labels, reduced SFDR (..)

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ESG Today

MAY 15, 2023

The report also found that barely any funds labelled as ‘sustainable’ would meet the proposed fund naming rules across the EU, UK and U.S. Other regulators have also recently announced similar proposals aimed at addressing greenwashing risk in fund names, including the UK’s FCA and the US’ SEC.

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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.

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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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Corporate Knights

MARCH 7, 2025

This imbalance squeezed sustainable investment firms like CoPower, which ultimately led to its green bond model winding down. Those who had moderately invested in stocks, had none to high levels of experience investing in bonds. Low interest rates made it difficult to balance investor returns with lending profits.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

million pounds of plastic from flights; KKR, ECP to invest $50 billion in datacenter capacity and power generation; law firms ramp up ESG training for lawyers; capital raises for sustainable heating, industrial decarbonization, energy sector emissions solutions, and more.

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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

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Sarah Court, ASIC Deputy Chair, said: “There is increased demand for sustainability-related financial products, and with that comes the growing risk of misleading marketing and greenwashing. If financial products make sustainable investment claims to investors and potential investors, they need to reflect the true position.”

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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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ESG Today

MAY 2, 2023

The Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) Australia’s corporate, markets, and financial services regulator, announced today that it issued an infringement notice to superannuation fund promoter, Future Super, over alleged greenwashing by the company in a social media post.

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ESG Today

JUNE 5, 2024

Increased supervisory actions and better access to data and other resources will be required to address growing greenwashing risks at banks, investment firms and insurance companies, according to new reports released by Europe’s three primary financial regulatory agencies, the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs).

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Corporate Knights

MAY 31, 2022

Tariq Fancy, former BlackRock chief investment officer for sustainable investing, in a recent TEDx talk called fossil fuel divestment a placebo, equating it to giving wheatgrass juice to a cancer patient. These comments also show that there is a massive skills gap in the sustainable investment industry.

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ESG Today

JULY 1, 2024

Investment management firm Fidelity International announced that it has revised its sustainable investing framework, launching a new 3-tiered system categorizing funds by their level of ESG integration, citing an evolving ESG client and regulatory landscape.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 30, 2024

The survey found that over 77% of investors reported being interested in sustainable investing, including 40% who are “very interested,” while 57% said that their interest has increased over the past two years, and 54% expect to increase the percentage of their portfolios allocated to sustainable investments within the next 12 months.

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ESG Today

JUNE 19, 2024

Switzerland’s Federal Council announced today that it will hold off on regulating greenwashing in the financial sector, allowing instead for the industry to monitor itself, following progress made by the sector’s associations in developing and implementing self-regulatory provisions.

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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.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 31, 2023

A lack of engagement with key stakeholders and timing of greenwashing investigation among criticisms levelled at European Supervisory Authorities. Enforcement needed to tackle greenwashing Fixler said on LinkedIn that these actions “did more to tackle greenwashing than the entirety of SFDR [EU Sustainable Financial Disclosure Regulation].”

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 13, 2024

Sustainable Investment Forum, in a statement. vice-president and co-founder of sustainable asset firm Generation Investment Management. “But

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ESG Today

APRIL 24, 2024

Sacha Sadan, FCA’s Director of Environmental, Social and Governance, said: “Confirming the new anti-greenwashing guidance and our proposals to extend the Sustainability Disclosure Requirements and investment labels regime are important milestones that maintain the UK’s place at the forefront of sustainable investment.

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ESG Today

MARCH 28, 2024

The cases follow a warning by ASIC Chair Joseph Longo to providers of investment funds and financial products that the regulator was watching out for misleading sustainability claims, and that it was providing guidance for fund managers and issuers to keep clear of greenwashing.

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Corporate Knights

AUGUST 13, 2024

Ashley Thomson, Global Witness’s US Senior Policy Advisor Similar concerns have also been raised by Tariq Fancy, BlackRock’s former sustainable investment chief, who criticised the firm for “misleading investors” by using the ESG label, calling it a “dangerous placebo”.

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3BL Media

MARCH 5, 2024

The survey was conducted by Morgan Stanley Wealth Management and the Institute for Sustainable Investing. The majority of participants expressed the desire to have their investments help to advance positive environmental and social impact. 84% of individual investors “are keen on sustainable investing."

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3BL Media

APRIL 19, 2022

Jordan Locke, a recruitment consultant in Acre's Global Sustainable Finance & Impact Investing Team, sat down with Business Insider alongside a group of industry experts to discuss the current ESG talent shortage, ‘greenwashing’ and the rapid pace of change. . Greenwashing kind of falls into that same skepticism.

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3BL Media

MARCH 29, 2022

DESCRIPTION: LONDON, March 30, 2022 /3BL Media/ - Impact Cubed, a leading provider of ESG data and sustainable investment solutions, has launched new tools on its automated platform so investors can see into fund holdings, measure impact, and report to regulators. The outcome is a seamless approach to customized sustainable investing.

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ESG Today

MAY 14, 2024

According to ESMA, the new guidelines were established as investor demand for ESG-focused funds has increased sharply, creating incentives for asset managers to include sustainability-related terms in fund names to attract investors, leading to an increased risk of greenwashing.

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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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ESG Today

JULY 27, 2022

Regulators, and in particular the EU, have increased the level of disclosure as regards sustainable investing through the SFDR/Taxonomy/NFDR/CSRD etc. Firstly transparent disclosure makes it harder for investment managers to “greenwash” their products and fool investors that they are following altruistic goals.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The regulation includes classification levels for sustainability-focused investment funds, including ‘Article 8’ funds that “promote environmental or social characteristics or a combination of those characteristics,” and the more stringent ‘Article 9’ funds, “which have sustainable investment as their objective.”

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

According to the organizations, the new resource follows significant growth in recent years in investor interest in ESG issues, driving a proliferation of investment products and practices, but also leading to new terminology that can be unclear or inconsistent.

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

The suit by ASIC forms part of a series of greenwashing-focused actions by the regulator, including cases against Marsh McLennan company Mercer Superannuation and superannuation fund Active Super. Greenwashing is a serious threat to the integrity of the Australian financial system, and remains an enforcement priority for ASIC.”

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ESG Today

MAY 30, 2024

More than 40% of investment funds in the EU using ESG or sustainability-related labels may be required to change names or sell assets in order to meet new anti-greenwashing rules, according to a new analysis released by sustainability technology platform Clarity AI.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

ESMA unveiled the proposed rules in November 2022, aimed at providing asset managers with clear criteria for the use of ESG or sustainability-related terms for funds, in order to ensure that investors aren’t misled about the investment products’ ESG characteristics. Click here to access EFAMA’s response to the ESMA consultation.

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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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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Anyve Arakelijan, Policy Advisor at EFAMA, explains how supervisors and service providers can bolster trust in sustainable investment products. Sustainable investing is still a relatively nascent industry, often lacking clear and comparable ESG criteria and the data required to assess these.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

For more than a decade, responsible investing in Canada experienced steady upward growth. A new report says that trend has reversed itself in the last two years, as the industry struggles to respond to allegations of greenwashing and a tougher regulatory environment. . More to be done on responsible investing.

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